Crosby Garrett is a
hamlet and
civil parish in the
Eden District of
Cumbria, England. It was formerly in the county of
Westmorland
Westmorland (, formerly also spelt ''Westmoreland'';R. Wilkinson The British Isles, Sheet The British IslesVision of Britain/ref> is a historic county in North West England spanning the southern Lake District and the northern Dales. It had an ...
. In the
2011 census Crosby Garrett was grouped with
Waitby
Waitby is a small village and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. The parish contains two small villages, Waitby and Smardale, plus the small hamlets of Riddlesay, Stripes and Leases, all of which are in the farmed and enclos ...
to give a total of 195.
The place-name 'Crosby Garrett' is first attested in a document of 1200, where it appears as ''Crosseby'', and in another of 1206, where it appears as ''Crossebi Gerard''. The first name is Old Scandinavian ''Krossa-byr'', meaning 'village or homestead with crosses'. 'Garrett' is the French personal name 'Gerard', which is ultimately of Germanic origin.
In May 2010 the
Crosby Garrett Helmet
The Crosby Garrett Helmet is a List of copper alloys, copper alloy Ancient Rome, Roman cavalry helmet dating from the late 2nd or early 3rd century Anno Domini, AD. It was found by an unnamed Metal detector#Archaeology, metal detectorist near Cr ...
, a copper alloy parade helmet dating to
Roman Britain, was discovered near the hamlet by a father and son using a metal detector. The helmet was sold to a private buyer at
Christie's
Christie's is a British auction house founded in 1766 by James Christie (auctioneer), James Christie. Its main premises are on King Street, St James's in London, at Rockefeller Center in New York City and at Alexandra House in Hong Kong. It is ...
later that year for £2.3 million.
Description
The parish contains no settlements of any size other than the village of Crosby Garrett, and much of the parish is on Crosby Garrett Fell to the south-west of the village.
The
Settle to Carlisle railway passes through the parish, at the southwestern edge of the village on the Crosby Garrett
viaduct
A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide v ...
; the village once had a railway station,
Crosby Garrett station, which closed in 1952.
The
parish church of St. Andrew has an
Anglo-Saxon
The Anglo-Saxons were a Cultural identity, cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo- ...
chancel, the remainder of the church dates between the 12th and 15th centuries. In 2010, a major restoration project was undertaken.
The highest point in the parish is Nettle Hill at .
Crosby Garrett Helmet
In May 2010 a rare ceremonial Roman helmet was discovered by an unnamed
metal detectorist not far from a
Roman road
Roman roads ( la, viae Romanae ; singular: ; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Re ...
near the hamlet. The copper-alloy helmet with integral mask, with the appearance of a youthful male face, and a
griffin
The griffin, griffon, or gryphon (Ancient Greek: , ''gryps''; Classical Latin: ''grȳps'' or ''grȳpus''; Late Latin, Late and Medieval Latin: ''gryphes'', ''grypho'' etc.; Old French: ''griffon'') is a legendary creature with the body, tail ...
crest, is only one of three recorded finds of its kind in Britain.
See also
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Listed buildings in Crosby Garrett
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Smardale within the civil parish of
Waitby
Waitby is a small village and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. The parish contains two small villages, Waitby and Smardale, plus the small hamlets of Riddlesay, Stripes and Leases, all of which are in the farmed and enclos ...
which forms the eastern boundary of the parish.
References
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Crosby Garrett(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
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Civil parishes in Cumbria
Hamlets in Cumbria