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A vision of Britain through time
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CROSBY-RAVENSWORTH, a township and a parish in West Ward district, Westmoreland. The township lies on the river Lyvennet, 3¼ miles ESE of Shap r. station, and 4 N of Orton; and has a post office under Penrith. Real property, £2, 516. The parish includes also the townships of Reagill, Maulds-Meaburn, and part of Birbeck-Fells. Acres, 15, 024. Real property, with the rest of Birbeck-Fells, £8, 550. Pop., 927. Houses, 189. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to the Cospatricks; passed to the Hastingses, the Threlkelds, the Pickerings, and the Lowthers; and has an old moated manor-hall. Maulds-Meaburn was once the seat of the Viteriponts; and Crosby-Gill-Park was the seat of Rawlinson, the antiquary. Charles II. halted at Crosby-Gill in 1651. Limestone is plentiful; and there are tumuli, an ancient camp, and earth-works. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £150.* Patrons, the Heirs of the late Hon. Col. Howard. The church was rebuilt in 1814; is in the early English style; and succeeded one founded in the time of Henry I., by the Cospatricks. Two schools have £31 and £25 from endowment; and other charities £39. The father of Addison was a native.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Crosby Ravensworth CP/AP West Ward RegD/PLU Westmorland AncC |
| Place: | Crosby Ravensworth |
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