Ponsonby

Ponsonby is a village and civil parish in the Cumberland district of the county of Cumbria, England. Ponsonby has a church which was constructed in 1840 and had further additions in 1874.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gosforth Cross and Ponsonby Tarn.

Gosforth Cross

Archaeological site

Photo: English Lakes, Public domain.

The Gosforth Cross is a tall, slender Viking High Cross, dating to the first half of the 10th century AD in St Mary's churchyard, Gosforth in the English county of Cumbria.

Ponsonby Tarn

Lake

Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ponsonby Tarn is a lake.

Calder Abbey in Cumbria was a Savigniac monastery founded in 1134 by Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester, and moved to this site following a refoundation in 1142. It became Cistercian in 1148. It is near the village of Calderbridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seascale and Haile.

Seascale

Photo: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Seascale is a village and civil parish on the Irish Sea coast of Cumbria, England, historically within Cumberland. The parish had a population of 1,754 in 2011, barely decreasing by 0.4% in 2021.

Haile

Village

Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Haile is a small village and civil parish in Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It had a population of 617 at the 2011 census. Nearby settlements include the town of Egremont and the villages of Thornhill and Beckermet. Haile is situated 3 miles northwest of Ponsonby.

Blackbeck

Hamlet

Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blackbeck is a small village in Cumbria, England. It is northeast of Beckermet and Sellafield, along the A595 road. It contains properties such as the Blackbeck Inn, Blackbeck Farm and Brow House. Blackbeck is situated 2 miles northwest of Ponsonby.

Ponsonby

Type: Locality
Location: Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.4299° or 54° 25′ 48″ north

Longitude

-3.4551° or 3° 27′ 19″ west

Elevation

344 feet (105 metres)

Open location code

9C6RCGHV+XW

GeoNames ID

7293191

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