Colby is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in the
Eden district of the
English county
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of
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumb ...
. It is near the village of
Bolton to the north and the town of
Appleby-in-Westmorland
Appleby-in-Westmorland is a market town and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, with a population of 3,048 at the 2011 Census. Crossed by the River Eden, Appleby was the county town of the historic county of Westmorland. I ...
to the east. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 120,
increasing to 129 at the 2011 Census.
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
See also
*
Listed buildings in Colby, Cumbria
References
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Colby(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
* https://web.archive.org/web/20100526230130/http://www.aboutbritain.com/towns/colby.asp
Villages in Cumbria
Civil parishes in Cumbria
Eden District
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