Asby is an Ancient Parish in the county of Westmorland.
Other places in the parish include: Little Asby, Great Asby, Garthen, Bank Moor, Asby Winderwath, Asby Overgrange, Asby Coatsforth, and Asby Coalsforth.
Alternative names: Ashby, Asheby
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1657
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1662
Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist Association.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ASBY, formerly Ashby or Asheby, a parish in East Ward district, Westmoreland; on an affluent of the river Eden, adjacent to the Eden Valley railway, near Warcop r. station, and 4 miles S by E of Appleby. It comprises the townships of Great Asby, Little Asby, Asby-Coatsforth, and Asby-Winderwath, and the tract of Grange Hall sometimes deemed extra-parochial; and its Post town is Warcop under Penrith. Acres, 8,395. Real property, £3,507. Pop., 440. Houses, 89. The property is subdivided. Great Asby belonged to Roger Clifford. Little Asby had formerly a chapel with a chantry; and belonged to the Honeywoods. Asby-Coatsforth belonged to the Coatsforths and the Musgraves. Asby-Winderwath belonged to the Vanes. Asby-Overgrange belonged to Byland Abbey; and Gathorne to St. Leonard’s, York. Asby Hall is the seat of the Park family. Great part of the parish is mountainous. Three of the chief summits, Gathornelingow, Oxenburgh, and Castlefolds, have altitudes of respectively 1,538, 1,620, and 1,700 feet. Asby-Scar is a ridge of rock extending about 2 miles from N to S, and 4 miles from E to W. A cavern called Pate Hole, about a ¼ of a mile S of the hamlet of Great Asby, runs 430 yards in one direction, and 230 yards in another, and has, at the end of its first gallery, a pool 20 yards long and a lofty dome. Some striking scenery occurs among the mountains. Freestone, limestone, and copper ore, are worked. Several tumuli, various in form, exist at Sayle Bottom; and two, which were found to contain human remains, are at Gathorne Hall. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle, Value, £205. Patroness, Miss Hill. The church was rebuilt in 1866 at a cost of £2,000; and is in the decorated English style. There are an endowed school, with £41 a year, an alms-house, with £18, and other charities, with £20.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Historical Data
Parish Records
FamilySearch Catalog
Census returns for Asby, 1841-1891
Parish registers for Asby, 1657-1939 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Asby (Westmoreland)
Westmorland Archives & Family History Groups
Cumbria County History Trust | a collaborative community project
Cumbria Industrial History Society | Industrial History of Cumbria
The Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society – CATMHS
GENUKI: Westmorland, Westmorland
Local History Societies
Alston Moor Historical Society
Asby History Group on the Asby Parish
Appleby-in-Westmorland Society
Bampton and District Local History Society
Cumbria Local History Federation (CLHF)
History Group on the Long Marton
Orton and Tebay Local History Society
Ravenstonedale Parish History Group
Westmorland
Principal Inhabitants of Cumberland and Westmorland 1829 PDF
Westmorland, England – Wills Abstracts
Cumbrian Manorial Records – Homepage
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Non-Conformist Records
England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977
Census
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War and Conflict
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Newspaper Archives
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Maps
Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time
Administration
- County: Westmorland
- Civil Registration District: East Ward
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Carlisle (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Carlisle
- Rural Deanery: Westmorland
- Poor Law Union: East Ward
- Hundred: East Ward
- Province: York
