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Crosby Villa Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Crosby Villa

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Crosby Villa history

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During the Roman period, there was a settlement near to the site of modern Crosby Villa called Garborough. The modern village was built to provide housing for miners at the Rosegill and Bullgill coal mines during the 19th century. In addition to the seventy terraced houses, a chapel, shops, and a post office were provided, along with allotments for gardening.

You can visit Crosby Villa places with Walkfo Crosby Villa to hear history at Crosby Villa’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Crosby Villa has 21 places to visit in our interactive Crosby Villa map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Crosby Villa, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Crosby Villa places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Crosby Villa & the surrounding areas.

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21 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Crosby Villa places to visit

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Crosby Villa has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Crosby Villa’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Crosby Villa’s information audio spots:

Milefortlet 22 Milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from the western end of Hadrian’s Wall, along the Cumbrian coast. Milefortlet 22 (Brownrigg) has been located and excavated.

St Mungo’s Church, Dearham The church is dedicated to St Mungo, also known as Kentigern, the apostle of Strathclyde. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Solway, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland and the diocese of Carlisle.

Oughterside and Allerby Oughterside and Allerby is a civil parish in Allerdale district, Cumbria, England. In the 2011 census it had a population of 619. The parish is bordered by Hayton and Mealo to the north, Aspatria, Plumbland and Gilcrux to the south.

Hayton and Mealo Hayton and Mealo is a civil parish in Allerdale district, Cumbria. The only settlement is Hayton, a village in the centre of the parish, which had a population of 237 in the 2011 census. The parish has an area of 2.9 square miles (7.6 km)

St John the Evangelist’s Church, Crosscanonby St John the Evangelist’s Church is in the village of Crosscanonby, Cumbria. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Solway, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland and the diocese of Carlisle. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

Allonby Allonby is on the B5300 road 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Maryport and 8 miles (13 km) south of Silloth. Mawbray is 3 miles (4.8 km) to the north, and Westnewton is 3.5 miles to the east.

Milefortlet 20 Milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from the western end of Hadrian’s Wall, along the Cumbrian coast and were linked by a wooden palisade. Milefortlet 20 (Low Mire) has been located and excavated.

Milefortlet 21 Milefortlet 21 (Swarthy Hill) is a milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These defences were contemporary with defensive structures on Hadrian’s Wall. Its remains exist as reconstructed turf ramparts (to a height of about 1 metre (3.3 ft) and ditch.

Allerby Allerby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Oughterside, Allerdale district, Cumbria, England.

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