CAMERTON, Cumberland - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"CAMERTON, (or Cammerton), a parish in the ward of Allerdale-below-Derwent, in the county of Cumberland, 5 miles to the W. of Cockermouth. Workington is its post town. It is a station on the Cockermouth and Workington railway. The parish is situated on the coast of the Solway Frith, on the N. bank of the river Derwent, which is here crossed by a handsome stone bridge of three arches. It contains the townships of Camerton and Seaton. The inhabitants are employed in brick-making and in the collieries, also in the extensive works of the Derwent Tin Plate Company, and the Seaton Hematite Iron-works, which are both situated near the village of Seaton. There is an excellent fishery at Salmon Hall, in the township of Seaton, belonging to the Earl of Lonsdale. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Carlisle, value £106, in the patronage of the dean and chapter. The church was rebuilt in 1794. It contains a curious monument to Black Tom of the North, who lived at Burrah Walls, and was buried at Shap Abbey in 1157. The chief residence is Cammerton Hall." "SEATON, a township in the parish of Cammerton, ward of Allerdale-below-Derwent, county Cumberland, 1 mile N.E. of Workington. It is situated on the river Derwent, which is here crossed by a bridge of three arches, connecting the hamlet of Barepots with Workington. In the vicinity are the works of the Derwent Tin Plate Company, and the Seaton Hematite Ironworks, also several collieries."

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