Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COLBY

COLBY, a village in Kirk-Arbory parish, Isle of Man; 3 miles NW by W of Castletown. It has a post office under Douglas.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: the Isle of Man CrProt
Place: Colby

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