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LAMPLUGH, Cumberland - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

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[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"LAMPLUGH, a parish in the ward of Allerdale-above-Derwent, county Cumberland, 8 miles S. of Cockermouth, its post town, and 9 E. of Whitehaven. The parish extends 6 miles by 3, and comprises the townships of Felton, Murton, and Winder. Iron ore is procured here in large quantities. There are extensive quarries of limestone and freestone. The parish is bounded on the E. by Loweswater and Crummockwater. Two branches of the river Marron have their source here. The village is small, but neatly built. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £300. Tho living is a rectory* in the diocese of Carlisle, value £256. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is an ancient stone structure, with a turret containing two bells. The parochial charities produce about £13 per annum, chiefly the endowment of a school. The Rev. Walter Brooksbank is lord of the manor. Near the old hall is a mineral spring." "ESKAT, an extra-parochial place in the ward of Allerdale-above-Derwent, county Cumberland, 5 miles E. of Whitehaven." "KELTON, a township in the parish of Lamplugh, ward of Allerdale-above-Derwent, county Cumberland, 6 miles E. of Whitehaven. It contains a great many scattered houses, also the hamlet of Kirkland. The Earl of Lonsdale is lord of the manor and one of the chief landowners." "MURTON, (or Moortown), a township in the parish of Lamplugh, ward of Allerdale-above-Derwent, county Cumberland, 8 miles N.E. of Whitehaven. The township includes the hamlets of Smaithwaite, Lund, and Whinnah, and several straggling houses. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the hardware manufacture, and there are several lime works. The Lamplugh parochial school is situated in this township. J. L. L. Raper, Esq., is lord of the manor." "SALTER WITH ESKAT, an extra parochial place in the ward of Allerdale-above-Derwent, county Cumberland, 6 miles E. of Whitehaven. It was formerly a separate parish, but contains now only two or three farmhouses." "WINDER, a township in the parish of Lamplugh, ward of Allerdale-above-Derwent, county Cumberland, 5 miles S.E. of Whitehaven. It is a station on the Whitehaven and Egremont railway."

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