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Scaleby
Church of All Saints, Scaleby - geograph.org.uk - 690286.jpg
Church of All Saints, Scaleby
Scaleby is located in Cumbria
Scaleby
Scaleby
Scaleby shown within Cumbria
Population 346 (2011)
OS grid reference NY4491463185
Civil parish
  • Scaleby
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Carlisle
Postcode district CA6 4
Dialling code 01228
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament
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UK
England
CumbriaCoordinates: 54°57′32″N 2°52′12″W / 54.959°N 2.870°W / 54.959; -2.870

Scaleby is a small parish in the English county of Cumbria. It is bounded on the north by Kirklinton and Irthington; whilst to the south lie Stanwix and Crosby-on-Eden. Scaleby is located six miles north-east of the City of Carlisle, the nearest major city, and has a population of 349, falling slightly to 346 at the 2011 Census. Scaleby is located close to the M6 motorway making it relatively accessible to anyone interested in its two main attractions; Scaleby Castle and The Church Of All Saints, the former having many links with notable names in history.

The line of Hadrian's Wall passes a couple of miles south of Scaleby.

Scaleby has seen a significant decrease in population since the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th Century's. In the 1821 Census report the population of Scaleby was 618 compared to 2001 when this figure was a significantly lower 349. As Britain moved away from its traditionally agricultural industry Scaleby's population decreased simultaneously. The parish was always agriculturally based with peat once dug in the area and without the demand for primary products the village became unsustainable. In the 1831 Census report the three dominant industries in Scaleby were; Retail and Handicrafts; Agricultural Laborers and Non-Agricultural Laborers. It was due to this that Scaleby saw the level of migration it did. Workers were plying their trade elsewhere. More recently there has been far smaller variance in population. In the previous 20 years there had been an increase of 3% and even more recently; the previous 10 years there has been a decrease of roughly 1%. Scaleby also experienced a decline in housing between 1850 and 1930, decreasing from 122 to 87 showing again how this small villages economy struggled to get out of decline it found itself in. With the vast amounts of farmland available in the 3464 acres that spans Scaleby-East and Scaleby-West agriculture remains the number one industry for this struggling parish.

Scaleby differs from many other villages, it is traditionally a parish and therefore is a district with only one church and one priest. This church is The Church Of All Saints, an early 13th-century Church of England edifice with a 14th-century tower. It's a grade II listed English Heritage building with blocks of dressed red sandstone that are thought to be from the nearby Hadrian's Wall. This has many stunning features from the original round arch entrance to the white marble plaques to members of the Fawcett and Farrer families; therefore due to its sublime appearance and extreme importance it would be expected to be the hub of the parish village. However, just 0.5 miles from the centre of Scaleby is Scaleby Castle. A grade I English Heritage building that isn't open to the public. Scaleby Castle boasts a long and illustrious history, in reality making it the closest building to making Scaleby well known.


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