Gamblesby

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Gamblesby
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Church at Gamblesby
Gamblesby is located in Cumbria
Gamblesby
Gamblesby
 Gamblesby shown within Cumbria
OS grid reference NY608395
Civil parish Glassonby
District Eden
Shire county Cumbria
Region North West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PENRITH
Postcode district CA10
Dialling code 01768
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament Penrith and The Border
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria

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Gamblesby is a village near Melmerby, In the civil parish of Glassonby, Cumbria, England. It appears first in written records in 1177 as Gamelesbi, and in 1212 as Gamelesby.[1] It was a civil parish until 1934.

The village's former church, St. John's, is now a private house.[2]

There are several large and very beautiful houses, also there are others that are smaller but all with gardens. plenty of land surrounds the area which all has either life stock or crops for farming. It is a friendly and quiet village, usually for younger children and old age pensioners. This is a medium sized village which has a quiet road passing through which leads to Unthank, Glassonby and Melmerby.

References

  1. Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 191. ISBN 0198691033.
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The geographic coordinates are from the Ordnance Survey.


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