LORTON, Cumberland - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"LORTON, a parochial chapelry in the parish of Brigham and the ward of Allerdale-above-Derwent, county Cumberland, 3 miles S.E. of Cockermouth, its post town, and 8 N.W. of Keswick. It is situated on the river Cocker, and comprises the villages of High and Low Lorton, with the townships of Brackenthwaite and Wythop, and the hamlet of Armaside. The people are employed in flax-dressing, and in the manufacture of thread. There is also a large brewery. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Carlisle, vol. £76. The church is dedicated to St. Cuthbert. There is a parochial school for the children of both sexes. Lorton Hall, Lorton House, and Armaside House, are the principal residences."

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