ISELL, Cumberland - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"ISELL, a parish in the ward of Allerdale-below-Derwent, county Cumberland, 3 miles N.E. of Cockermouth, its post town. It contains the townships of Isell with Redmain, Isell Old Park, Blindcrake, and Sunderland. The village, which is small, is situated on the river Derwent, which is here crossed by a bridge built in 1691. Coal and copper mines were formerly wrought within the parish, and building stone is quarried at Moothley Hill. The tithes were commuted for land under an Enclosure Act in 1808. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Carlisle, value £157. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is an ancient edifice, with turret containing two bells. Isell Hall and Isell Grange are the principal residences. Sir Wilfrid Lawson is lord of the manor and principal landowner." "BLINDCRAKE, a township joined with those of Isell and Redman, in the parish of Isell, ward of Allerdale-below-Derwent, in the county of Cumberland, 3 miles to the N.E. of Cockermouth. It lies near the north bank of the river Derwent." "ISELL OLD PARK, a township in the parish of Isell, ward of Allerdale-below-Derwent, county Cumberland, 4½ miles N.E. of Cockermouth. This township contains only a few straggling houses." "REDMAIN, a hamlet in the parish of Isell, ward of Allerdale-below-Derwent, county Cumberland, 3 miles N.E. of Cockermouth. It forms a township in conjunction with Blindcrake." "SUNDERLAND, a township in the parish of Isell, ward of Allerdale-below-Derwent, county Cumberland, 6 miles N.E. of Cockermouth, and 1½ mile N.E. of Isall."

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