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Crosby Ravensworth |  |  |
"There are many places of the name Crosby, which imports no more than Cross-town, or Church-town: And they are commonly distinguished by some additional description; from which vulgar pronunciation, and ignorance of languages and etymology in former ages, have been variously written.
Amongst all the variations of the additional name of this place, that of Ravensworth is the most unlikely to be the true one. It was never anciently written Ravensworth, nor is it easy to conjecture, from whence that termination could arise. Ravens, at such a place, are easily accounted for. It was most frequently written Ravenswath, as if so called from some ford there before the erection of the bridge: sometimes Ravenswart, and Ravensthwaite; unto which last, the situation of the place seemeth well to accord; for thwaite signifies a level ground inclosed with hills or wood: The common people pronounce it Ravenside, which in sound comes nearest to Ravensthwaite.
The parish is bounded on the East by the parishes of St. Laurence Appleby, and Asby; on the South, by the parishes of Asby and Orton; on the West, by the parishes of Orton and Shap; and on the North, by the parishes of Shap and Morland: and contains about 158 families, all of the church of England.
It is not very certain, to whom this church was dedicated. According to the account of Randall Sanderson, M..A., who was born in this parish, it was dedicated to St. Laurence. The reverend Thomas Machel says, it was dedicated to St. Leonard. It is a vicarage.
The church is a fair building, having a square steeple or tower, with three bells.
Mauld's Meaburn... Until Maud de Veteripont's time, the whole tract, including both the Meburns, and the space between called Meburn Field, went by one general name of Meburn. It was often anciently written Medburn; which seemeth to indicate, that it received this name from the burn or rivulet (of Lyvennet) running all down the middle of the vale.
Regill... This place of old time was invariably written Renegill: From what original, is not certain. Perhaps it was from the name of the owner. Rene was a name in the time of William the Conqueror, and long after. There was here anciently a chapel or oratory : of which there are some remembrances, in the names of chapel garth, chapel lands, and the like."
Nicolson & Burns
Monumental inscriptions were transcribed in Monumental Inscriptions of Westmorland by E. Bellasis 1888-89 and are available on Westmorland Papers.
Returns survive for the 'census' of 1787 and are held at the Kendal Record Office of Cumbria Archives Service. The Record Office reference is WQ/SP/C. They are transcribed in Vital Statistics published by Curwen Archives Trust 1992. ISBN 1897590008. There are trancriptions on EdenLinks for
Census returns are available from the usual sources for 1841-1901.
Transcript and index for 1851 has been published by the Cumbria Family History Society and also in 'North Westmorland - An Index to the 1851 Census' compiled by David Lowis and Barbara Slack.
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St Lawrence. Late C15th W tower but rest of curch C12 - 14th . S porch by Rober Smirke. Mid C16th tomb chest. |
The parish records and BTs are held at the Kendal Record Office of Cumbria Archives Service. The Record Office reference is WPR7
| Baptism registers | 1568-1896 |
| Marriage registers | 1569-1955 |
| Banns registers | 1754-1947 |
| Burial registers | 1568-1876 |
| Bishops transcripts | 1665-1874 |
The registers for
1570-1812 have been transcribed by Rolan Grigg:
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These are included in a combined
Cumbrian parish register
index .
For searching on www.familysearch.org see Jake Prescott's list of IGI batch numbers.
The details for the parish from the Parson & White's Directory for 1829 are transcribed on Edenlinks site.
British
History Online provides
historical notes for Crosby Ravensworth from The
Later Records
relating to North Westmorland by John F. Curwen (1932)
Some history is described on the Mauld's Meaburn site.
See Chronicles of Crosby
Ravensworth J T Relph (160 pages)
ISBN 0 951 9151 [first published 1992]
£5.50 by post UK from Holly Cottage, Crosby Ravensworth,
Cumbria.
A present-day web map is available from Multimap.
| 1641/2 | 552(est) |
| 1671 | 597(est) |
| 1787 | 828 |
| 1801 | 789 |
Crosby Ravensworth is in the
diocese of Carlisle and wills will be in
Carlisle Record Office.
Hearth Tax records for 1674 Birkbeck Fells (Crosby Ravensworth) transcribed on Edenlinks.
Hearth Tax records for 1674 Maulds Meaburn (Crosby Ravensworth) transcribed on Edenlinks.
Hearth Tax records for 1674 Reagill & Sleagill (Crosby Ravensworth) transcribed on Edenlinks.
Window Tax records for 1777 Crosby Ravensworth transcribed on Edenlinks.
Window Tax records for 1777 Sleagill transcribed on Edenlinks.
Window Tax records for 1777 Ros(e)gill & Sleddale transcribed on Edenlinks.
Last updated: Mar 2009 Dave Huddart