OUSBY, a parish in LEATH ward, county of CUMBERLAND, 9 miles (E. N. E.) from Penrith, containing 276 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle, rated in the king's books at £ 13. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Carlisle. The church is dedicated to St. Luke: it contains in a niche a wooden effigy of a man in armour, probably of a knight who had fought under the banners of the cross, though, according to a. vulgar tradition, it is said to represent a wild man killed in an attempt to repel an invasion of the Scots. Limestone and red sandstone abound here, and there are veins of leadore, also some small seams of coal. Ousby, properly Ulfsby, the seat of Ulff, a Dane, is situated to the west of that chain of mountains which runs in a south-east direction from the borders of Scotland, through Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Yorkshire, and terminates in Derbyshire. Here are the remains of a British fortification, consisting of an outer and an inner rampart, within the area of which Roman urns and other antiquities have been found. The Maiden Way traverses the mountainous part of this parish, which, from its elevated position, is subject to great damage from the " Helm Winds" that occur frequently from September to May, and do great injury to the corn.