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ADDINGHAM, Cumberland - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

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[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"ADDINGHAM, a parish in Leath ward, in the county of Cumberland, 6 miles to N.E. of Penrith. It comprises the townships of Gamblesby with Unthank, Glassonby, Hunsonby with Winskill, and Little Salkeld. It is situated near the river Eden, and the Roman road, called Maiden Way, can be traced, at various points, through the parish. There is a Druidical monument at Little Salkeld, called "Long Meg and her Daughters", which consists of a circle of sixty-seven stones, of various form and height; the diameter of the circle is about 350 feet. A chapel formerly stood at the same place, in a village bearing the name of Addingham, which has disappeared. Human bones, crosses, and other remains, have been discovered here. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Carlisle, value £253, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle. The celebrated Dr. Parley, author of the "Evidences of Christianity", and "Natural Theology", held this living from 1792 till his death, which took place here in 1805. There are two free schools, at Maughamby and Hunsonby, liberally endowed. The church stands detached, about a mile from the village of Glassonby, in the township of Glassonby. It is dedicated to St. Michael, and was repaired in 1850. There are also, at the adjoining villages of Gamblesby and Hunsonby, chapels belonging to the Independents and Wesleyans. There are quarries of good red freestone in the parish. The enclosed land is very fertile, and, since the introduction of guano, nearly all under cultivation." "GAMBLESBY, a township in the parish of Addingham, ward of Leith, county Cumberland, 4 miles S.E. of Kirkoswald." "GLASSONBY, a township in the parish of Addingham, Leath ward, county Cumberland, 2 miles S.E. of Kirk-Oswald. The river Eden flows through the neighbourhood." "HUNSONBY-WITH-WINSKEL, a township in the parish of Addingham, ward of Leath, county Cumberland, 5 miles N.E. of Penrith, on the river Eden. There is a chapel for Wesleyans. The estate bequeathed by Mr. Hutchinson in 1726, for the purposes of education, produces £50 per annum." "LITTLE SALKELD, a township in the parish of Addingham, ward of Leath, county Cumberland, 1 mile E. of Great Salkeld, and 3 miles S. of Kirk-Oswald, near the Druid circle called Long Meg." "WINSKEL, a township in the parish of Addingham, Leath ward, county Cumberland, 6½ miles N.E. of Penrith. It is joined to Hunsonby."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]