Hunsonby
| Hunsonby | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 Hunters Cottage | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY574354 |
| Location: | 54°42’43"N, 2°39’41"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 388 (2011) |
| Post town: | Penrith |
| Postcode: | CA10 |
| Dialling code: | 01768 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Westmorland & Furness |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Penrith and The Border |
Hunsonby is a small village in the Eden Valley of Cumberland, seven miles south-east of Penrith (and twenty-eight miles from the city of Carlisle). The village is on a little stream, the Robberby Water, which runs eastward for a mile to Little Salkeld and thence to the River Eden.
Hunsonby is separated by just 500 yards from its neighbouring village to the south, Winskill.
Within the wider parish is the ancient stone circle known as Long Meg and Her Daughters, and nearby is a standing stone known as Little Meg (technically in the parish of Langwathby).
The 2011 the Census reported the parish to have a total population of 388.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hunsonby and Winskill together as:
Hunsonby and Winskel, a township in Addingham parish, Cumberland; on a branch of the River Eden, 4 miles SSE of Kirkoswald. Real property, £1,690. Pop., 208. Houses, 38. There is a Wesleyan chapel." [1]
Church
The only place of worship today is the old Wesleyan Methodist chapel recorded by Wilson, which opened in 1862 but was closed in 2001.[2]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Hunsonby) |
References
- ↑ Wilson, John Marius: Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (A. Fullerton & Co., 1870); [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4225 Published}}
- ↑ Gray, Lydia. "Hunsonby Wesleyan Methodist Chapel". http://www.mywesleyanmethodists.org.uk/page/hunsonby_wesleyan_methodist_chapel. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
