Crosby Ravensworth, Westmorland Family History Guide

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

Other places in the parish include: Wickerslack, Reagill, Maulds Meaburn, Crosby Gill Park, Birbeck Fells, and Bank Moor.

Alternative names: Crosby Ravensworth Fell

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1568
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1665

Nonconformists include:

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

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.

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