Crosby Ravensworth

Crosby Ravensworth
Crosby Ravensworth
	Millennium Sandstone Pillar
	Crosby Ravensworth Location within Cumbria
Population	517 (2011)
OS grid reference	NY6214
Civil parish	Crosby Ravensworth;
District	Eden;
Shire county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENRITH
Postcode district	CA10
Dialling code	01931
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and the Border;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°31′34″N 2°35′13″W / 54.526°N 2.587°W

Crosby Ravensworth is a village and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. The village is about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the M6 motorway, and Shap. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 538,^[2] decreasing to 517 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

History[edit]

Prehistoric remains include the White Hag stone circle (54°29′50″N 2°36′30″W / 54.497294°N 2.608298°W / 54.497294; -2.608298). A pair of almost identical La Tène Celtic spoons dating from the Iron Age were found in Crosby Ravensworth in the nineteenth century and are now housed in the British Museum in London.^[3] The remains of a moat surround Corsby Hall, a farm in the village. A more recent monument at Black Dub commemorates the visit of Charles II of England in 1651. The fell also contains one of several sites in England called Robin Hood's Grave.

Crosby Ravensworth Fell[edit]

Crosby Ravensworth Fell is the source of the River Lyvennet and is crossed by the Coast to Coast Walk. It features a considerable expanse of limestone pavement.

Notable people[edit]

John Langhorne, mathematical master at Giggleswick School
Reverend John Langhorne, Master of Tonbridge School, Headmaster of The King's School, Rochester and vicar of Lamberhurst
Reverend Thomas Langhorne, Founder of Loretto School
Reverend Lancelot Addison (1632 – 20 April 1703) – A famed English scholar. Dean of Lichfield

Governance[edit]

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches from Bolton south to Great Asby with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 1,396.^[4]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Crosby Ravensworth Parish (E04002528)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Crosby Ravensworth Parish (16UF019)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
^ British Museum Collection
^ "Ward population 2011". Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

External links[edit]

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[2011census-1] UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Crosby Ravensworth Parish (E04002528)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

[2] UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Crosby Ravensworth Parish (16UF019)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

[3] British Museum Collection

[4] "Ward population 2011". Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

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