- Glassonby
Glassonby is a small
village in the Eden Valley about 2 miles south south east ofKirkoswald, Cumbria .There is a
methodist church and amicrolight flying centre in the village.The Anglican church of
St. Michael just to the south of the village is not theparish church of Glassonby but of Addingham. The village of Addingham lay near the River Eden but was lost centuries ago when the river changed its course. The church was rebuilt using some stones from the original and the name kept for the parish.Addingham parish was divided into a number of
civil parishes in 1866.The ashes of Rev G. Bramwell Evens, who was a popular broadcaster of the 1930s, were scattered at Old Parks Farm. He was a regular visitor to Glassonby in the 1920s and 30s. He is commemorated by a memorial at Old Parks which reads 'Sacred to the memory of Rev G. Bramwell Evens, "
Romany of the BBC ", whose ashes are scattered here. Born 1884. Died Nov 1943. He loved birds and trees and flowers and the wind on the heath' [ [http://www.romanysociety.org.uk/romanyhtml/romanyplaces.htm#Old%20Parks%20Farm,%20Cumbria Romany Society ] ] .Glassonby Civil Parish
The
civil parish of Glassonby stretches from the banks of the River Eden to the summits of the NorthPennines where it borders withAlston Moor . As well as Glassonby itself it includes the village of Gamblesby (a separate civil parish until 1934) and the hamlets ofGlassonbybeck ,Maughanby and Unthank (Glassonby).References
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