CROSBY, a township in the parish of CROSS-CANNONBY,
ALLERDALE ward below Derwent, county of
CUMBERLAND, 3 miles (N. W. by W.) from Maryport,
containing 200 inhabitants. There is a school in the
village, endowed by John Nicholson with £ 10 per ann.
for teaching twenty children of Birkby, Crosby, and
Cfoss-Cannonby.