Crosby Garrett, Westmorland Family History Guide

Crosby Garrett is an Ancient Parish in the county of Westmorland.

Other places in the parish include: Little Musgrave.

Alternative names: Gerard

Parish church: St. Andrew

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1559
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1662

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

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Crosby Garrett

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CROSBY-GARRETT, or Gerard, a township and a parish in East Ward district, Westmoreland. The township lies on the river Eden, under Crosby Fell, adjacent to the South Durham and Lancashire Union railway, 3 miles W by N of Kirkby-Stephen; and has a post-office under Penrith. Acres, 3, 008. Pop., 245. Houses, 45. The parish includes also the township of Little Musgrave. Acres, 4, 224. Real property, with Soulby, Smardale, Waitby, and Great Musgrave, £7, 875. Pop., 306. Houses, 56. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £107. Patron, W. Crawford, Esq. The church is old but good; there is a Baptist chapel; and an endowed school has £22.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

CROSBY-GARRET (St. Andrew), a parish, in East ward and union, county of Westmorland, 6½ miles (W. by S.) from Brough; containing 274 inhabitants, of whom 202 are in the township of Crosby-Garrett.

This parish, which comprises the townships of Crosby Garrett and Little Musgrave, separated by the intervening chapelry of Soulby, is bounded on the north-east by the river Eden, and on the south-west by a lofty verdant hill, called Crosby Fell. The village is situated at the foot of the Fell, in a deep and romantic valley.

The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £19. 4. 4½.; net income, £122; patron, William Crawford, Esq., lord of the manor. The church, which occupies an eminence overlooking the village, is a spacious and venerable structure, containing portions of the Norman style.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Little Musgrave

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Musgrave (Little) a township in Crosby-Garret parish, Westmoreland; ½ a mile W of Great Musgrave. Acres, 1,216. Pop., 61. Houses, 11. The manor belongs to Sir G. Musgrave, Bart.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].