Crosby Ravensworth

Crosby Ravensworth is a village, civil parish and fell in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. The village is about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the M6 motorway, and Shap.

Crosby Ravensworth
Millennium Sandstone Pillar
Crosby Ravensworth Location within Cumbria
Population	517 (2011)[1]
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

History

Charles II Monument

Prehistoric remains include the White Hag stone circle (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.[2] 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

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

• 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

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.[3]

See also

• Listed buildings in Crosby Ravensworth

References

1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 20 June 2015.
2. British Museum Collection
3. "Ward population 2011". Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

External links

• The Cumbria Directory
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100611003235/http://www.mauldy.supanet.com/crosby/crosby.htm
• http://www.visitcumbria.com/evnp/crosby-ravensworth-st-lawrences-church/
• http://www.visitcumbria.com/evnp/crosby-ravensworth/
• http://www.thecumbriadirectory.com/Town_or_Village/location.php?url=crosby_ravensworth