Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 53.7561°N -0.7278°W |
Official Name: | Scalby |
Civil Parish: | Gilberdyke |
Unitary England: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Lieutenancy England: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
Constituency Westminster: | Haltemprice and Howden |
Post Town: | BROUGH |
Postcode District: | HU15 |
Postcode Area: | HU |
Dial Code: | 01430 |
Os Grid Reference: | SE839296 |
Static Image: | Bungalow Scalby.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Bungalow at Scalby |
Scalby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Gilberdyke, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 7miles west of Brough and 7miles north-east of Goole. It lies on the B1230 road.[1]
Historically in the wapentake of Howdenshire, it is now represented at Parliament as part of the Haltemprice and Howden Constituency.[2] [3]
The name is from the same form as Scalby in North Yorkshire; Skalle-by, with Skalle being a personal name.[4] Skalle is Old Norse and by means farm or farmstead.[5]
Scalby was formerly a township in the parish of Blacktoft,[6] in 1866 Scalby became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Blacktoft, part also went to form Gilberdyke and Newport.[7] In 1931 the parish had a population of 160.[8]