Ousby

Ousby

Melmerby Hall
Ousby
Ousby shown within Cumbria
Population 447 (2011)
OS grid reference NY6234
Civil parish
  • Ousby
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PENRITH
Postcode district CA10
Dialling code 01768
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament

Ousby is a village and civil parish in Eden 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 has a population of 362,[1] increasing to 442 at the 2011 Census,[2] and includes Melmerby and the hamlets of Crewgarth, Row, Shire and Townhead.

Amenities

Ousby has a pub called the Fox Inn, a camp site and one places of worship,in Townhead, which is called St Luke's Church. A Former chapel at Row has now been converted to a holiday home

Location

Ousby is located 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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Eden Retrieved 26 October 2010
  2. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 20 June 2015.


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