Maulds Meaburn was described by Hunter Davies as "... one of the most beautiful villages in the country". It is a quiet picturesque village in Cumbria not far from the Eden Valley and about seven miles from Appleby-in-Westmorland. It forms part of the parish of Crosby Ravensworth and stands either side of Lyvennet Beck which flows from the South through Crosby Ravensworth and finally enters the River Eden near Temple Sowerby.

On a stretch of moorland about 2 miles away are some 90 sites of prehistoric village settlements. One of them Ewe Close, has walls 6ft high, and covers more than an acre roughly square in shape. It is believed to date from the iron age and also to have been occupied in Roman times. Another settlement, Burwens, has the remains of a hut, 25ft. across, inside an enclosure of about 1 acre with a causeway outside it.

On the outskirts of the village, to the South, is a Palladian style villa called Flass built in 1851 of white stone brought down from Orton Scar and set in about 15 acres of land. The building is now a residential school of the performing arts. To the North is Meaburn Hall, a Jacobean house built in 1610, an early seat of the Lowther family. Just to one side of the hall are two small square buildings which were originally dressing rooms for bowlers using an ancient green.

The village, and its twin Kings Meaburn, lying on the valley to the north, formed part of a former medieval manor called Meaburn or Medburn (Anglian dialect of 'Old English' meaning "Meadow Stream"), and were held by a brother and sister Hugh and Maud de Morville. Hugh's portion was forfeited to the Crown when he became one of those held responsible for the murder of Thomas a Becket - so Kings Meaburn was distinguished from Maud's or Maulds. Maud was married to William de Veteripont. Mauld's Meaburn passed from the Veteriponts to the families of Frauncey, and Vernon. It was sold to Sir John Lowther in the rein of James I, and is now owned by his descendant the present Earl of Lonsdale.

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