Scalby, East Riding of Yorkshire

{{Short description|Hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.756094|-0.727752|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Scalby

| population =

| civil_parish = Gilberdyke

| unitary_england = East Riding of Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| lieutenancy_england = East Riding of Yorkshire

| constituency_westminster = Goole and Pocklington

| post_town = BROUGH

| postcode_district = HU15

| postcode_area = HU

| dial_code = 01430

| os_grid_reference = SE839296

| static_image = Bungalow Scalby.jpg

| static_image_caption = Bungalow at Scalby

}}

Scalby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Gilberdyke, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately {{Convert|7|mi|km}} west of Brough and {{Convert|7|mi|km}} north-east of Goole. It lies on the B1230 road.{{cite map|title =Goole & Gilberdyke |map =291 |year =2015 |scale =1:25,000 |series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey |isbn =978-0-319-24488-3 }}

Historically in the wapentake of Howdenshire, it is now represented at Parliament as part of the Goole and Pocklington constituency.{{cite web |title=Genuki: Blacktoft, Yorkshire (East Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Blacktoft |website=www.genuki.org.uk |access-date=20 May 2023}}{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/?x=483679&y=429662&z=7&bnd1=CPC&bnd2=WMC&labels=off |website=www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |access-date=20 May 2023}}

The name is from the same form as Scalby in North Yorkshire; Skalle-by, with Skalle being a personal name.{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-869103-3 |page=406 |edition=4}} Skalle is Old Norse and by means farm or farmstead.{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=A. H. |title=Place-names of East Riding of Yorkshire and York |date=1970 |orig-date=1937|publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=0-521-04907-5 |page=245}}

Scalby was formerly a township in the parish of Blacktoft,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14175|title=History of Scalby, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=17 March 2024}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10466908|title=Relationships and changes Scalby CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=17 March 2024}} In 1931 the parish had a population of 160.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10466908/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Scalby CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=17 March 2024}}

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