Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Scotby

civil parish:-

Wetheral (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY44105513 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY4455

10Km square:-

NY45

BMN67.jpg (taken 25.8.2006)

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 24 5)
placename:- Scotby

source data:-

Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

evidence:-

old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 86)
placename:- Codby

source data:-

Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, the Road from Tinmouth ... to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.

OG86m065.jpg
In mile 66, Cumberland.
Crossroads, right:- "to Hustow"
left:- "to Codby"
item:- JandMN : 73
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.

BO18NY45.jpg
circle, tower, on road
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
placename:- Scotby

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.

D4NY45SW.jpg
"Scotby"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:- Scotby

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.

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COP3.jpg
"Scotby"
circle; village or hamlet
item:- JandMN : 86
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Scotby

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.

FD02NY45.jpg
"Scotby"
item:- JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Scotby

source data:-

Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.

GAR2NY45.jpg
"Scotby"
blocks, settlement
item:- JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag
item:- coin, saxon

source data:-

Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.

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Gentleman's Magazine 1855 part 2 p.177 "In draining some fields at Scotby, near Carlisle, a number of Saxon coins and some bars of silver have recently been found, together with an iron instrument of the shape of a small billhook. The coins are in an excellent state of preservation, and their examination will probably afford some information to numismatists."

evidence:-

old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:- Scotby

source data:-

Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.

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POF7Cm.jpg
"Scotby"
map date 1909

evidence:-

old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:- Scotby

source data:-

Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.

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PF10Cm.jpg
"Scotby"
map date 1892

evidence:-

old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:- Scotby

source data:-

Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.

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POF2Cm.jpg
"Scotby"
map date 1890

images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

story:-

A Mr Hodgson tried to enclose the green, erecting fencing by day. A Sally Routledge objected, and pulled the posts up by night. She won; the green is common land.

notes:-

Tradition has it that there is a phantom horseman who rides on the Wetheral road.

places:-

NY44435518 Beck House (Wetheral)