Glassonby, Cumberland

Historical Description

Glassonby, a township in Addingham parish, Cumberland, near the river Eden, 2 miles SSE of Kirkoswald. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Kirkoswald. Acreage, 1581; population, 161.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Churches

There is a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1869, with 150 sittings.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Glassonby from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Glassonby)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cumberland is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Glassonby are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)