GRINSDALE, a parish in the ward and county of
CUMBERLAND, 2 miles (N. W. by W.) from Carlisle,
containing 138 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle,
endowed with £1000 royal bounty. Mrs. Dacre was
patroness in 1804. The church, dedicated to St.
Kentigern, lay for many years totally in ruins, till it
was rebuilt with freestone in 1739, at the expense of
Joseph Dacre, Esq.; a strong wall also has been raised to
protect the cemetery from the inundations of the Eden,
to which it had been previously exposed. The great
Roman wall intersects the parish, and there are two
large square intrenchments within its limits. Upon a
rock near the river are impressions of human footsteps.