Ousby is a village and civil parish in Eden District, in the English county of Cumbria. It is a Thankful Village, one of 52 parishes in England and Wales that suffered no casualties during World War I. The parish has a population of 362, increasing to 442 at the 2011 Census, and includes Melmerby and the hamlets of Crewgarth, Row, Shire and Townhead.