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Gamblesby

Gamblesby
Church at Gamblesby - geograph.org.uk - 252200.jpg
Church at Gamblesby
Gamblesby is located in Cumbria
Gamblesby
Gamblesby
Gamblesby shown within Cumbria
OS grid reference NY608395
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PENRITH
Postcode district CA10
Dialling code 01768
Police Cumbria
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54°44′56″N 2°36′29″W / 54.749°N 2.608°W / 54.749; -2.608Coordinates: 54°44′56″N 2°36′29″W / 54.749°N 2.608°W / 54.749; -2.608

Gamblesby is a village near Melmerby, In the civil parish of Glassonby, Cumbria, England. It appears first in written records in 1177 as Gamelesbi, and in 1212 as Gamelesby. It was a civil parish until 1934.

The village's former church, St. John's, is now a private house.

There are several large and very beautiful houses, also there are others that are smaller but all with gardens. plenty of land surrounds the area which all has either life stock or crops for farming. It is a friendly and quiet village, usually for younger children and old age pensioners. This is a medium-sized village which has a quiet road passing through which leads to Unthank, Glassonby and Melmerby.

The geographic coordinates are from the Ordnance Survey.



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