Static Image Name: | Converted Chapel at Row, Ousby - geograph.org.uk - 340214.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Converted Chapel at Row |
Official Name: | Ousby |
Country: | England |
Region: | North West England |
Os Grid Reference: | NY6234 |
Coordinates: | 54.705°N -2.582°W |
Post Town: | PENRITH |
Population: | 447 |
Population Ref: | (2011) |
Postcode Area: | CA |
Postcode District: | CA10 |
Dial Code: | 01768 |
Constituency Westminster: | Penrith and The Border |
Civil Parish: | Ousby |
Shire District: | Eden |
Shire County: | Cumbria |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Eden |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Eden, Cumbria |
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 had a population of 362 in 2001, which had increased to 447 at the 2011 Census, and includes the hamlets of Crewgarth, Row, Shire and Townhead. Melmerby parish was absorbed on 1 April 1934,[1] on 1 April 2019 Melmerby became a separate parish again.[2]
Ousby has a pub called the Fox Inn, a camp site and one place of worship, in Townhead, which is called St Luke's Church. A former chapel at Row has now been converted to a holiday home.
Ousby is located in Ousbydale about 1miles south of the village of Melmerby, near the A686 road. There is a fell in the Pennines named Ousby Fell.