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ARLECDON, Cumberland - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

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[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"ARLECDON, a parish, township, and village in the ward of Allerdale-above-Derwent, in the county of Cumberland, 6 miles to the N.E. of Whitehaven, its post town, and about 10 miles S.W. from. Cockermouth. It comprises the townships of Frizington and Whillymoor. Coal, limestone and iron ore are obtained in the neighbourhood. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Carlisle, value £100, in the patronage of the Bishop of Carlisle. The church, dedicated to St. Michael was rebuilt in 1829, and is a neat stone edifice, with a bell turret. The parsonage house was erected in 1842, at a cost of £600 and is situated about 1 mile from the church. The Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel here. There is also a parochial school. The Earl of Lonsdale is lord of the manor. At Cringlegill is a chalybeate spring. Fairs are held on the 24th April, the first Friday in June, and on the 17th September, for cattle and horses." "HIGH AND LOW FRIZINGTON, a township in the parish of Arlecdon, ward of Allerdale-above-Derwent, county Cumberland, 3 miles E. of Whitehaven. The working of iron ore gives employment to the people. There is a spring whose waters are said to possess the same medicinal properties as those of Harrogate." "WHILLY MOOR, a township in the parish of Arlecdon, ward of Allerdale-above-Derwent, county Cumberland, 6 miles N.E. of Whitehaven."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]