Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OUSBY, or Ulfsby

OUSBY, or Ulfsby, a village and a parish in Penrith district, Cumberland. The village stands on an affluent of the river Eden, 2 miles W of the Maiden way, 2½ N W of the boundary with Westmoreland, 4½ W of the summit of Crossfell, 5 N by E of Temple-Sowerby r. station, and 8½ E N E of Penrith; is said to have taken its name from Ulff, a Dane who anciently held the property aroundit; is now commonly called Ousbyshire; and is a smalland straggling place. The parish contains also the hamlets of Bradley, Fell-Side, and the Row; and its post town is Melmerby, under Penrith. Acres, 6,000. Real property, £2, 623. Pop., 294. Houses, 58. The property is divided among a few. Much of the surface is monutainons and waste; and much of the cultivated land suffers injury to its crops from very high winds, rushingdown from the gorges of the mountains. Limestone and sandstone abound; and small seams of coal and veins oflead occur. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £353.* Patron, the Bishop of Carlisle. The church is ancient; was repaired in 1859: has a bell-turret; and contains a piscina, three sedilia, and a wooden effigies of a knight. There are a national school with £50 a year from endowment, and charities £3. Robinson, the antiquary, and Bishop Heming wererectors.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Ousby AP/CP       Penrith RegD/PLU       Cumberland AncC
Place names: OUSBY     |     OUSBY OR ULFSBY     |     ULFSBY
Place: Ousby

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