CROSBY-RAVENSWORTH, a parish in WEST ward, county of WESTMORLAND, 4 miles (N. by E.) from Orton, containing, with a portion of Birkbeck Fells, 863 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle, rated in the king's books at £7. 13. 4., endowed with £200 private benefaction, and. £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Hon. F. G. Howard. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, a handsome structure with a square tower, was rebuilt in 1814: near it stands the ancient manorial mansion, a tower building embosomed in trees, and formerly moated. A school was founded and endowed by the Rev. William Willan, in 1630; the schoolroom was rebuilt, in 1784, by William Dent, Esq., who, in conjunction with others, raised the income to about £30 per annum, for which twenty-five children are educated and supplied with books. A great quantity of limestone is obtained in the parish, and several hogs are fattened in it, the hams being noted for a peculiarly fine flavour. The village is situated in a valley through which runs the small rivers Birkbeck and Lyvennet; at Black Dub, where the latter has its source, Charles II., with his Scottish army, halted in 1651. A little higher up, on the eastern side, is a heap of stones, called Penhurrock, probably a tumulus raised by the Britons. Tradition records the ancient existence of a friary here, but there are no remains except the names Monk-garth, Monks' barn, and Monks' bridge.