DtRECTORY, 185 LoRroN. tcUM:BERLAND.J *Simpson John, farmer, Roman way SaJkeld Gate. Blackburn Matthew, Packhorse, & Steel Hamilton, yeoman COMMERCIAL. farmer Taylor J sph. & Jlm. farmers, Monk's ho Bell J ames, blacksmith Tuer Edward, schoolmaster W atson Richard, farmer . Hodgson John, shopkeeper Letters from Penrith by foot post LORTON is a township, parochial chapelry, and village, ARMASIDE is a hamlet. 3t miles south of Cockermouth, and 29 from Carlisle, in ERACKENTHW AITE is a township, in the parochial cha­ Brigham mother parish, Allerdale-above-Derwent ward, pelry of Lorton, and mother parish of Brigham, 6 miles Cockermouth union, West Cumberland; it is on the Cocker 11outh-east from Cockermouth; it is near the Cocker river, river near the road from Keswick to Cockermouth. The 2 miles north of Loweswater. The area in acres is 2,478, population of the township, in 1851, was 449, with 5,264 and the population 140. acres; and of the parochial chapelry, which includes the town­ WYTHOP is a township in Lorton parochial chapelry, llhips of Brackenthwaite and Wythop, the population was Brigham mother parish, 3 miles east-by-south of Cocker­ 708, and the area 10,755 acres. There are a district church, mouth, and 7 north-west of Keswick, not far from Bas­ and a parochial school for boys and girls. There are a senthwaite lake. The area is 3,013 acres, and the popula­ brewery, flax, and thread spinning work:;l. Among the resi­ tion ll9. dences are.Lorton Hall and House, Armaside House, and Fell­ OLD ScALE is a neighbouring hamlet. side.House. The villages are High Lortonand Low Lorton. Lorton. Jackson John, farmer, High Lorton Brackenthwaite. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Jennings John, flax spinner & thread Wood Jonathan, esq. Low house Eridge Mrs. Elizabeth, Lorton hall manufacturer, High Lorton COMMERCIAL. Harbord Richard, esq. Lorton house J ennings John, sen. yeoman, Scales *Bank John, farmer, Miller place Johnston Capt. John, Armaside house Lennox John, BlctcksmithiJ' Arms, & Beck Joseph, farmer, Hopebeck MusgraveMr.Jonathan,sen.His-hLorton blacksmith, High Lorton Bowe Thomas, farmer, Millbeck Whiteside J oseph, esq. K.irkfell house Longcake Joseph & Kennard, Armaside DobinsonSarah (Mrs.), Scalehill Hotel Wilson J·ohn, esq. Oak hill McDowall Robert, farmer, Low Lorton *Fisher John, farmer, Cornhow COMMERCIAL. MinnicanRobt. shopkeeper,HighLorton Head John, miller, Turner how Eaxter John, shoemaker, High Lorton 1\Ioffat Robert, shoemaker, Low Lorton *Head Richard, farmer, Hope Bew:3her Elizabeth( Mrs. ),farmer,Scogill Moore J oseph, farmer, New house Watson Joseph,tarmer, Lanthwaitegrn Eirkett John, Rising Sun, HighLorton Musgrave Jonathan, jun. wood mer- *White Richard, farmer, Miller place Eurns Thomas, wheelwright & joiner, chant, High Lorton Letters from Cockermouth, which is High Lorton • Parker Robert, farmer, Darling bowe the nearest money order office Churnside Robt.Packhor.~e,LowLorton Pearson Allan, farmer, Bridge end Wythop. Crosthwaite Ann (Miss), schoolmistress, Pearson John, farmer, Low Lorton Fisher Mr. Henry, Old Scale High Lorto11 Pearson John, yeoman, Holme COMMERCIAL. Dalgliesh John C. Parochial school- Richardson J oseph, miller, High Lorton Bewsher J oseph, miller master, High Lorton Robinson Joseph, farmer, Boon beck Clark James, Globe Douglas Isaac, wheelwright & joiner, Thornthwaite Joseph, farmer, Armaside Crosthwaite Thomas, schoolmaster Low Lorton Thorntbwaite Tbos. farmer, Boon beck Dixon J oseph, mil1er Fletcher Henry, Wht>atsheaf Towers Moffat, stonemason,HighLorton Fletcher lsaac, farmer, Riggs Head John, farmer, Hope beck Turrel Matthew, shopkeeper & post- Fisher Henry, jun. farmer, Old Scale Hetherington Jonathan, blacksmith, master, High Lorton Hodgson John, Pheasant, Peel wyke Low Lorton Watson Robert, farmer, High side Mandale Daniel, farmer, Kelswick H untington John, yeoman, High Lorton Wigham William, farmer, High Lorton Peile Jonathan, farmer, Rontenbeck Irving Richard, farmer, Gill brow Wise William, stonemason, HighLorton Robinson Jolm, farmer, Lewthwaite Jennings John & Co. brewers & malt- lNSURANCEIAGENT.-SunFire, John Tomlinson Jonathan. farmer, Old Scale sters, High Lorton J ennings, jun Twentyman -, farmer, Hall :LOWESWATE:R., with MOCXE:R.E.Il'\1' and sides are covered with a profusion of plants which glitter SOSGJ:LL. with the spray caused by the falling water. This stupendous LOWESWATER is a township and parochial chapelry; the chasm is generally entered from below ; the atmosphere is latter includes the townships of MocKERKIN with SosGILL. cold and damp, being filled with moisture and shaded from It is 7 miles south from Cockermouth, in the mother parish the sun. Loweswater is divid from Lorton by the river of St. Bees, Allerdale-above-Derwent division, union of Cocker. The church of St. B rtholomew is a neat stone Cockermouth, and diocese of Carlisle, West Cumberland. edifice, with a turret containin. 2 bells; it was erected by The lake of Loweswater gives name to this picturesque the inhabitants in 1827, on the si .e of the original chapel of district, which comprises part of Crummock lake and the ease. The living is a perpetual cutacy, value £55 per annum, waterfall of Scale }'orce. ~everal of the mountains appear in the gift of the Earl of Lm~sdale, and held by the conical in some points of view, and are very abrupt, but Rev.-. Green.· Here is a Parqchial school for boys and many of the acclivities are clothed with brushwood and a few girls, which was erected in 1842 by John Mars hall, Esq. ; it trees, which greatly enhance the beauty of the romantic and is now endowed with the interest of £100, chie:fly contributed diversified scenery of this neighbourhood. The lake is about by the Marshall family. There is another school on the tlne mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth, and common, which was built in 1782, and endowed by Mary contains pike, perch, and trout. Scale Force is situated on Mirehouse with £8 per annum. The other charities amount the western side of Crummock lake, and 2 miles west-by­ to £1 16s. per annum. 'l'he chapelry contains 6,473 acres, north from Buttermere; it is the highest waterfall in the with a population of 391. lake district, the water being precipitated in one grand fall to MocKERKIN with SosGILL is a township in the cha­ the depth of nearly 200 feet, exclusive of a smaller full pelry of Loweswater, 5 miles south-south-west from Cocker­ below, exceeding that of Niagara about 50 feet. The water month, and about 2t from Loweswater. sinks into a tremendous chasm between two immense per­ THACKTHWAITE is a hamlet. • pendicular walls of rock overhung with trees, whilst the Loweswater. Black Elizabeth (Mrs.), faimer,Ashgill Pearson Sarah (:Mrs.), farmer, I~ow park Collins Joseph, esq. Oak bank Burnyeat Peat, farmer Rawling Jonathan, farmer, Godfer head Cuthbertson Mrs. Sarah, Water gate Clarke John, fatwer, Hill Robinson James, farmer, Kirkgate Dixon Mr. William, Bottom Clarke Richard, farmer, Gillerthwaite Rothery J oseph, farmer, Thackthwaite Green Rev.-. Parsonage Cockbain John, farmer, Water gate Sewell John, farmer, Park Skelton Misses, Foul syke Cooper J oseph, farmer, J enkinson place Simon John, shopkeeper Woodmason Rev. James Matthias, Fawcett Jonathan, fanner, Bargate Simon Mary (Mrs.), farmer, High park Red how Head John, farmer, Fangs Simpson Hannah(Mrs. ),frmr. High cross COMMERCIAL. Iredale .lane (Mrs.), fanner, Red how Toppin George, farmer, Thackthwaite Atkinson Rev. Jeremiah, master of Iredale John, farmer, Thackthwaite Tyson Isaac, wheelwright & joiner Parochial school, Parsonage Locke Thomas, farmer, Bottom Tyson John, shopkeeper & postmaster Banks Joseph, farmer, Potter gill Norman William, wheelwright & joiner Tyson William, farmer, Park Beck Joseph, blacksmith Pearson Henry, Hare !t Hounds, White Isaac, farmer, High nook Bell Richard, farmer Church stile WilkiusonJohn,Ewe!tLamb,Mire syke PosT 0FFICE.-Jobn Tyson, receiver. Letters arrive irom I min. to 3 p.m. The nearest money order offi.ct; is at; Cockennouth at l past 1 p.m.; dispatched thereto at 10 Cockermouth Parochial School, Common, Peter F~her, mi\Ster