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Greystock in Cumberland County England History and GeographyGREYSTOCK, a parish in LEATH ward, county of CUMBERLAND, comprising the chapelries of Matterdale, Mungris-dale, Threlkeld, and Water-Millock, and the townships of Berrier with Murrah, Little Blencow, Greystock, Hutton-John, Hutton-Roof, Hutton-Soil, Johnby, and Motherby with Gill, and containing 2419 inhabitants, of which number, 255 are in the township of Greystock, 5 miles (W. by N.) from Penrith. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle, rated in the king's books at £40. 7. 8½., and in the patronage of Adam Askew, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is a spacious edifice in the decorated style of English architecture: it was made collegiate by Neville, Archbishop of York, in 1382, for a master and six canons, whose stalls still remain, but their six chantries have been demolished. Thomas de Graystoke obtained a license from Henry III. for a weekly market and an annual fair to be held here, but they have been long discontinued. There are some collieries and quarries of slate, and limestone is obtained in various parts of the parish. The ancient castle, of which only a few broken towers remain, was garrisoned for the king in 1648, but surrendered shortly afterwards to a detachment of the army under General Lambert, and was burned down by order of the parliamentary leader: the present castle was built about one hundred and sixty years ago. A copyhold court for the barony of Greystock is held at Easter and Michaelmas. There are vestiges of a Roman intrenchment, called Redstone Camp, near which have been found urns, stone coffins, and human bones; leading from it, in a direction towards Ambleside, are traces of an ancient road, and in the same tract lie three large cairns. In the vicinity of Motherby is a circle of stones, seventeen yards in diameter, within the area of which heaps of bones have been discovered. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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