Enjoyed by the Rev. John .Macauley, .MA, Who Resides A

372 HISTORY OF FURNESS AND CARTMEL. the Duchy of Lancaster, is now worth about £1,093. per annum, and i~:~ enjoyed by the Rev. John .Macauley, .M.A., who resides at the rectory house, a pleasant dwelling near the church. The Rev. John Stonard, D.D., late rector, who died April 22nd, 1849, in the 81 st year of his age, was author of several works which evinced great talent and research. Bayrlijfo is a hamlet in Aldingham township, situate near the shore, five miles S. of Ulverston; Newbiggin is another hamlet in the same township, four miles S.E. of Dalton, and Rossbeck, another hamlet, four and a half miles S.S.E. of Dalton. Scales is a village in Aldingham, five miles S. of Ulverston. The hill called Scales haggs contains many large subterraneous eavities, in one of which some human skeletons have been found. Sunbreak is another small hamlet in this township, three and a half miles S. of Ulverston. GLEASTON township contains a village in a low situation, near a brook, two and a half miles S.E. of Dalton. The name is probably a contraction of Giasserton, which is derived from the British words, glas, green, er, fallow or ploughed land, and ton, a town or village. A little to the north-east of the village appear the venerable ruins of Gleaston Castle. whose shattered walls of massy thickness, and mouldering towers lighted by small apertures, demonstrate the design for which it was erected, and awaken in the mind "historical associations, contrasting widely with the calm and settled tran quillity of the present age. Although this castle was undoubtedly intended as a place of security for the lord of Aldingham, against the frequent incur~ sions of the Scots, and though its walls have been of a considerable height, and eight or nine feet in thickness, "yet,', says Mr. \Vest, "it can never have been a place capable of much resistance, for the interior part, instead of being filled with grout work, as in the walls of the Pile of Fooldrey, has been constructed with mud and small stones." It is traditionally said to have been erected about the 13th century, by the lords of Aldingham, in con8equence of the lower part of the parish in which they originally resided, having been swept away by the sea. The main tower or castle has been defended by a thick wall, encompassing an oblong square plot of ground. and a tower at each corner. The two longest sides of the enclosure measure 228 feet each within the wall; another side is 168 feet ; and the fourth 132. The two smallest towers are still entire, but one of the others is almost com pletely demolished, and the other much dilapidated. LEECE township has a small village of its own name, built round a tarn, three miles S.S.E. of Dalton. The name is supposed to be derived from the British words le and is, which mean a place lower than some neighbouring place. The township contains also the small hamlet of Dendron, two and a half miles S.S. E. of Dalton. Here is a clzapel of ease, erected in 1642, by Robert Dickinson, a citizen of London, but a native of Leece, who also en dowed it with £200., which, with another small benefaction, now yield about £9. per annum. It was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester, in 1776 i and, in 1796, was rebuilt by Thomas Green, Esq. of London, who received a part of his early education at this place. In 1833 it was considerably .

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