SCOTBY, a township in that part of the parish of
WETHERAL which is in CUMBERLAND ward, county of
CUMBERLAND, 3 miles (E. by S.) from Carlisle, containing
318 inhabitants. There is a meeting-house, with
a burial-ground, for the Society of Friends. A rail-road
from Carlisle to Newcastle passes through the township.
A school is endowed with land, now producing
& 14 a year, for teaching poor children, who pay each a
small quarterage.