Scalby, East Riding of Yorkshire

Scalby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Gilberdyke, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of Brough and 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Goole. It lies on the B1230 road.^[1]

Scalby
Bungalow at Scalby
Scalby Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE839296
Civil parish	Gilberdyke
Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	East Riding of Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BROUGH
Postcode district	HU15
Dialling code	01430
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Haltemprice and Howden
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53.756094°N 0.727752°W / 53.756094; -0.727752

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]

References

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

• Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 10.