Colby, Cumbria

Colby

The pipe bridge over Hoff Beck
Colby
Colby shown within Cumbria
Population 129 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference NY6620
Civil parish
  • Colby
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town APPLEBY IN WESTMORLAND
Postcode district CA16
Dialling code 01768
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament

Colby is a small village and civil parish in the Eden District of the English county of Cumbria. It is near the village of Bolton to the north and the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland to the east.

A little over a mile to the north-west are the ruins of Bewley Castle, a medieval residence of the bishops of Carlisle.[2] There is a story told that a castle servant named Marget Dawe once murdered a highwayman named Belted Will Scott, after he gained entrance to the castle dressed as a woman.[3]

Transport

For transport there is the A66 road and the B6542 road (the old A66) nearby.Colby is next to the river Eden.

Location grid


Adjacent places of Colby, Cumbria
 Crackenthorpe
Bolton Appleby-in-Westmorland
   Colby, Cumbria  
Drybeck

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Bewley Castle". Pastscape. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  3. ↑ Ash, Russell (1973). Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain. Reader's Digest Association Limited. p. 363. ISBN 9780340165973.
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