Why the two names Glusburn and Cross Hills? Technically Glusburn is the Parish but when the first Post Office was set up, it was sited beside the then major thoroughfare in the area. This crossed the River Aire and was about three quarters of a mile from the centre of Glusburn. The houses and shops that developed around it were then given a Cross Hills postal address. Another anomaly is that Glusburn does not have its own Church of England, Parish Church. Instead Cross Hills is part of the much older, Kildwick Parish and Glusburn is part of Sutton Parish.