Scalby, East Riding of Yorkshire explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Goole & Gilberdyke . 291 . 2015 . 1:25,000 . Explorer . Ordnance Survey . 978-0-319-24488-3 .
  2. Web site: Genuki: Blacktoft, Yorkshire (East Riding) . www.genuki.org.uk . 20 May 2023.
  3. Web site: Election Maps . www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk . 20 May 2023.
  4. Book: Ekwall . Eilert . Eilert Ekwall . The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names . 1960 . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 0-19-869103-3 . 406 . 4.
  5. Book: Smith . A. H. . Place-names of East Riding of Yorkshire and York . 1970 . 1937. Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 0-521-04907-5 . 245.
  6. Web site: History of Scalby, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding. A Vision of Britain through Time. 17 March 2024.
  7. Web site: Relationships and changes Scalby CP/Tn through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 17 March 2024.
  8. Web site: Population statistics Scalby CP/Tn through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 17 March 2024.