Mungrisdale, Cumberland

Description
Mungrisdale, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical district in Greystoke and Caldbeck parishes, Cumberland, on the Glenderamakin river, between Bowscale Fell and Eycott Hill, 3 1/2 miles NW by N of Troutbeck railway station, and 5 1/4 S of Hesket Newmarket. Post town, Penrith; money order office, Greystoke; telegraph office, Troutbeck (R.S.) Acreage of township, 6576 of land and 17 of water ; population, 173. The manor belongs to the Howard family. Part of the surface is mountain vale, and much is moor and high upland. The ecclesiastical district also comprises the townships of Murrah, Bowscale, Mosedale, Swinside, Gillsrow, and Red Sike, and was constituted in 1862. Population, 324. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle; net value, £140 with residence. Patron, the Rector of Greystoke. The church is old, and has a bell gable. There is a school with an endowment of £45 per annum.