Crosby Ravensworth

Crosby Ravensworth

Millennium Sandstone Pillar
Crosby Ravensworth
 Crosby Ravensworth shown within Cumbria
Population 517 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceNY6214
Civil parishCrosby Ravensworth
DistrictEden
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town PENRITH
Postcode district CA10
Dialling code 01931
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentPenrith and the Border
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°31′34″N 2°35′13″W / 54.526°N 2.587°W / 54.526; -2.587

Crosby Ravensworth is a village, civil parish and fell in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. The village is about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the M6 motorway, and Shap.

History

Charles II Monument

Prehistoric remains include the White Hag stone circle (54°29′50″N 2°36′30″W / 54.497294°N 2.608298°W / 54.497294; -2.608298). A pair of almost identical La Tène Celtic spoons dating from the Iron Age were found in Crosby Ravensworth in the nineteenth century and are now housed in the British Museum in London.[2] A more recent monument at Black Dub commemorates the visit of Charles II of England in 1651. The fell also contains one of several sites in England called Robin Hood's Grave.

Crosby Ravensworth Fell

Crosby Ravensworth Fell is the source of the River Lyvennet and is crossed by the Coast to Coast Walk. It features a considerable expanse of limestone pavement.

Notable people

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches from Bolton south to Great Asby with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 1,396.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ↑ British Museum Collection
  3. ↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 20 June 2015.
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