Ousby

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Ousby
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Converted Chapel at Row
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Ousby
Location in former Eden District, Cumbria
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Ousby
Location within Cumbria
Population447 (2011) [1]
OS grid reference NY6234
Civil parish
  • Ousby
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PENRITH
Postcode district CA10
Dialling code 01768
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
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Cumbria
54°42′18″N2°34′55″W / 54.705°N 2.582°W / 54.705; -2.582

Ousby is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. It is a Thankful Village, one of 52 parishes in England and Wales that suffered no casualties during World War I. The parish had a population of 362 in 2001, [2] which had increased to 447 at the 2011 Census, [1] and includes the hamlets of Crewgarth, Row, Shire and Townhead. Melmerby parish was absorbed on 1 April 1934, [3] on 1 April 2019 Melmerby became a separate parish again. [4]

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Location

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Ousby Fell

Ousby is located in Ousbydale about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village of Melmerby, near the A686 road. There is a fell in the Pennines named Ousby Fell.

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References

  1. 1 2 UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Ousby Parish (E04002565)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  2. ↑ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Ousby Parish (16UF056)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Relationships and changes Ousby CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "The Eden District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Ousby and Melmerby) Order 2019" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 13 May 2019.

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