Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COLBY

COLBY, a township in St. Lawrence-Appleby parish, Westmoreland; on the river Eden, 1½ mile WNW of Appleby. Acres, 919. Pop., 178. Houses, 38. It belonged to the Colbys and the Warcops.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Westmorland AncC
Place: Colby

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