Colby
COLBY, a township, in the parish of St. Lawrence, Appleby, East ward and union, county of Westmorland, 1½ mile (W. by N.) from Appleby; containing 156 inhabitants. The village is situated on an eminence, at the base of which flows the river Eden.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.