In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Borrowby like this:
BORROWBY a township in Lythe parish, N. R Yorkshire; 10 miles NW by W of Whitby. Acres, 710. Real property, £756. Pop., 98. Houses, 19.
Borrowby through time
Borrowby is now part of Scarborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Scarborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Borrowby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Borrowby, in Scarborough and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11622
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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