Hide

LANGWATHBY, Cumberland - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

hide
Hide
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"LANGWATHBY, (or Longwathby), a parish in the ward of Leath, county Cumberland, 4 miles N.E. of Penrith, its post town, and about 5 from the railway station on the London and North-Western line. It is situated on the river Eden, which is here crossed by a bridge of three arches, built in 1686. The main road between Penrith and Newcastle passes through the village, which is a small agricultural place. The soil consists of loam and gravel. About half the land is meadow and pasture, the remainder arable. The living is a perpetual curacy annexed to the vicarage* of Edenhall, in the diocese of Carlisle. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a small stone structure rebuilt in 1718, and repaired in 1835. The charities produce about £3 per annum. The Duke of Devonshire is lord of the manor."

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