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Description from T. Bulmer & Co's History, Topography and Directory of East Cumberland, 1884

History, Topography and Directory of East Cumberland, comprising Its Ancient and Modern History; A General View of its Physical Features; Agricultural Condition, Mines and Minerals; Statistics, &c., &c.
by T.F. Bulmer, T. Bulmer & Co., Manchester, 1884. Transcription by Don Noble © 1997


FARLAM.

Is bounded on the north by Brampton and Denton, on the east by Midgeholme, on the south by Hayton, and on the west by Brampton. It comprises the townships of East and West Farlam and Midgeholme, the last of which is now annexed to the recently created parish of Midgeholme. Lying near to the backbone of England, the surface of the parish is generally of a hilly character. Coal is found in the parish and is extensively worked by T. C. Thompson, Esq; limestone is also abundant, and is quarried on a large scale at Forest Head. The soil about Milton is light and gravelly, but in the neighbourhood of Kirkhouse and Farlam Hall is rich and loamy. The Manor of Farlam, or Farleham, anciently a fee of Gilsland, was given by Hubert de Vallibus to one Walter de Windsor, whose posterity took the name of Farlam. In the reign of Edward III., John de Farlam, having no issue, devised the manor to Ranulph de Dacre and Margaret Multon, his wife, through whom the barony of Gilsland came into the possession of the Dacres. The manor has ever since passed with the barony and is now held by the Earl of Carlisle; the following also are landowners: Major Thompson and Messrs. John Stephenson, Greensyke, and James Murray, Rochburn. East Farlam township contains a village of its own name, and the hamlets of Kirkhouse and Hallbank Gate. West Farlam contains the village of Milton, one and one half miles from Brampton.
Extract from History, Topography and Directory of East Cumberland, T. Bulmer & Co., Manchester, 1884.
[Transcribed by Don Noble in 1997. ]