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PONSONBY, Cumberland - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

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[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"PONSONBY, a parish in the ward of Allerdale-above-Derwent, county Cumberland, 1 mile from Calder Bridge, its post town, 4½ miles S. by E. of Egremont, and 2 from the station at Sellafield, on the Whitehaven and Furness Junction line of railway. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Calder, and is wholly agricultural. The soil consists principally of a loamy mould, and is very productive. Freestone abounds. On an eminence at Infell are remains of a Roman camp. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Carlisle, value £113. The church is an ancient structure with a spired tower. It has an E. window filled with ancient stained glass, brought from Dalegarth Hall, and bearing the arms of the Stanleys. There is a brass to Frances Patryckson, the daughter of Sir Thomas Wyat, bearing date 1578, and several monuments of the Stanleys. The register dates from 1723. The church is situated in the park, near the centre of the parish. The Hall was erected in 1786, and situated in a well-wooded park. It has a prospect over the sea to Wales, &c. The interior contains relics of the Austhwaites, of Dalegarth, among which is a carved bedstead, made in 1345. E. Stanley, Esq., is lord of the manor and principal landowner."

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