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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Upperby like this:
UPPERBY, a township and a chapelry in Carlisle-St. Cuthbert parish, Cumberland. The township lies on the river Petterill, and on the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, 1¾ mile SSE of Carlisle; and has a post-office under Carlisle. Acres, 449. Real property, £1,965. Pop., 595. Houses, 125. ...
The chapelry was constituted in 1860. Pop. in 1861, 1,898. Houses, 379. The lunatic asylum for Cumberland and Westmoreland is here, and was opened subsequent to the census of 1861. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £300.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter ofThe church was built in 1840, and is in the early English style.
Upperby is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Upperby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Upperby in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21642
Date accessed: 07th November 2025
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