CROSBY-upon-EDEN, a parish in ESKDALE ward, county of CUMBERLAND, comprising the townships of Brunstock, High Crosby, Low Crosby, and Walby, and containing 419 inhabitants, of which number, 184 are in the township of Low Crosby, 3 miles (N. E. by B.) front Carlisle. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle, rated in the king's books at £3.11. 5§., endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Carlisle. The church, dedicated to St. John, is a small ancient building, situated in the village of Low Crosby. Joseph Jackson, in 1773, bequeathed £ 40 for the education of four children, and in 1803 a schoolroom was built by subscription. The southern part of the parish forms a gentle slope to the river Eden. A fine red freestone is obtained in the neighbouring quarries. In the time of Henry I. a cross was erected on the spot now occupied by the church, to which the inhabitants resorted for prayer. The military road from Newcastle to Carlisle passes through this parish, and a portion of the site of the Picts' wall is also discernible in it.