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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Crosby Garrett like this:
CROSBY-GARRETT, or Gerard, a township and a parish in East Ward district, Westmoreland. The township lies on the river Eden, under Crosby Fell, adjacent to the South Durham and Lancashire Union railway, 3 miles W by N of Kirkby-Stephen; and has a post office under Penrith. Acres, 3, 008. Pop., 245. ...
Houses, 45. The parish includes also the township of Little Musgrave. Acres, 4, 224. Real property, with Soulby, Smardale, Waitby, and Great Musgrave, £7, 875. Pop., 306. Houses, 56. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £107.* Patron, W. Crawford, Esq. The church is old but good; there is a Baptist chapel; and an endowed school has £22.
Crosby Garrett is now part of WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Crosby Garrett itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Crosby Garrett, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4929
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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