In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Aislaby like this:
AISLABY, a chapelry in Whitby parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the Esk river and the Whitby railway, at Sleights station, 3 miles SW of Whitby. Post Town, Sleights under Whitby. Acres, 1,068. Real property, £1,568. Pop., 330. Houses, 76. A building limestone is quarried here, and was the material of Whitby Abbey and of several great modern works. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £87. Patron, J Boulby, Esq. Charities, £11.
Aislaby through time
Aislaby is now part of Scarborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Scarborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Aislaby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Aislaby, in Scarborough and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11110
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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