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Kirkbride, Cumberland
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Extract from a Post Office Directory of Cumberland, 1858
Transcription by Rosemary Lockie © 2006
KIRKBRIDE.
KIRKBRIDE is a township, small parish, and village, 6 miles north-by-east from Wigton, and 4 south from Bowness, in the Wigton union, Cumberland ward, Eastern division of the county, archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle; it is situated on the south side of the estuary of the Wampool. The sandbanks shift, owing to the eddies formed by meetings of the tides and freshes. The church of St. Bride, or Brydock, is a small ancient structure, said to have been erected before the Norman accession. The living is a rectory, worth about £260 per annum, with residence and 10 acres of glebe land, in the patronage of and held by the Rev. Joseph Hallifax, M.A. The only other place of worship here is a meeting-house for the Society of Friends. The population, in 1851, was 346, and the area 1,280 acres. The Earl of Lansdale is lord of the manor. LANGLANDS HEAD and POWHILL are hamlets, 1 mile south of the village.
| Brown John, esq Halifax Rev. Joseph, M.A. Rector | Wills Mr. Robert Hall |
COMMERCIALS.
| Awde William, farmer Barnes Ruth (Mrs.), farmer, Kirkbride common Brown John, blacksmith Carr Thomas, farmer Fisher John, farmer Garner Joseph, cooper Gate Jeremiah, farmer, Langlands head Graham Thomas, farmer, Moss end Hayton Amos, Harvest Home Hodgson Mary (Mrs.), farmer Hodgson Thomas, farmer, Crosshill Hodgson Thomas, farmer, Shaw house Huntingdon John, farmer & yeoman, Powhill Johnston George, tailor & draper Johnston Joseph, tailor & draper | Lightfoot Charles, farmer & yeoman Matthews Thomas, farmer, Moss end Matthews William, farmer, Powhill Miller Ruth (Mrs.), farmer Mitcheson Wm. shopkeeper &whlwrght Reed Edmund, farmer Richardson Thomas, farmer Ritson Elizabeth (Mrs.), Wheatsheaf Ritson Robt. farmer, Langlandshead Scott Jane (Mrs.), Bush inn Strong Ann (Mrs.), farmer Studholme Joseph, clog & patten maker Thompson Robert, farmer Wills Robert Hall, farmer Yeoman John, farmer, Pow hill |
Letters by foot messenger from Wigton, which is the nearest money order office.
[Transcribed by Rosemary Lockie in April 2006]