PLUMBLAND, Cumberland - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"PLUMBLAND, a parish in the ward of Allerdale-below-Derwent, county Cumberland, 6 miles N. by E. of Cockermouth. It is situated near the line of the Maryport and Carlisle railway, and is bounded on the N. and W. by the river Ellen, a trout stream. The village, which is small, is chiefly agricultural. Above half the land is arable, the remainder meadow and pasture, with about 40 acres of woodland. The parish abounds in coal, freestone, and limestone, which last is extensively quarried for burning into lime. The glebe comprises 72 acres. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Carlisle, value £375. The church, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, is a plain structure, recently repaired and improved. The parochialcharities produce about £90 per annum, chiefly the endowment of Captain John Sibson's free school, founded in 1759. The schoolhouse was erected in 1500." "ARCLEDON, a hamlet in the parish of Plumbland, ward of Allerdale-below-Derwent, in the county of Cumberland, 7 miles to the N.E. of Cockermouth. Coal mines are worked here."

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