- Crosby-on-Eden
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Crosby-on-Eden Shire county Cumbria Region North West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Police Cumbria Fire Cumbria Ambulance North West EU Parliament North West England List of places: UK • England • Cumbria Coordinates: 54°55′55″N 2°50′38″W / 54.932°N 2.844°W Crosby-on-Eden is the combined name for two villages within the civil parish of Stanwix Rural near Carlisle, Cumbria, England.
The two small villages are by the River Eden north-east of Carlisle, joined by a road that previously was the line of the Stanegate Roman road [1]. and are called High Crosby and Low Crosby.
In Low Crosby is the Church of St John the Evangelist, a rebuilt church by R.H. Billings in the gothic style. A grange was built here and named Crosby. High Crosby is a half mile east of Low Crosby, and located in the village is Crosby House, a former mansion now hotel.
The villages are bypassed by the A689 road which was previously numbered as part of the B6264 and follows the route of General Wade's Military Road.
Crosby-on-Eden also has a primary school, Crosby-on-Eden C. of E. School, built in 1844.
RAF Crosby-on-Eden
RAF Crosby-on-Eden was a World War II airfield originally home to No.59 Operational Training Unit providing day training for Hawker Hurricane pilots [2], which was replaced by OTU17 Group Coastal Command in August 1942 for training long-range fighter crews on Bristol Beaufort and Bristol Beaufighter conversion squadrons, as well as air firing and night flying [3]. In August 1944 the station came under the command of 109 OTU, a transport command of Douglas Dakotas [4]. The station was renamed 1383 TCU 1/8/45.
After World War II British European Airways commenced flights to Ronaldsway and Belfast. However, the RAF station had no post war use or need and was closed in 1947, but reopened in 1960 as Carlisle Airport. Since 2006 the airport has been known officially as Carlisle Lake District Airport, and since 30 May 2009 the airport lease has been owned by the Stobart Group.
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Categories:- Villages in Cumbria
- Cumbria geography stubs
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