Gamblesby

Not to be confused with Gamelsby.
Gamblesby

Church at Gamblesby
Gamblesby
 Gamblesby shown within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY608395
Civil parishGlassonby
DistrictEden
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town PENRITH
Postcode district CA10
Dialling code 01768
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°44′56″N 2°36′29″W / 54.749°N 2.608°W / 54.749; -2.608

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.

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References

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  1. ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 191. ISBN 0198691033.
  2. ↑ "Gothic Church, Pennines Revisit". The Restoration Man. Series 2. Episode 11. 2012-08-27. Channel 4. Retrieved 2012-09-19.

The geographic coordinates are from the Ordnance Survey.


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