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[CUMBERLAND.J CLEATOR. 148 POST OI!'FICE Robinson Richard, shopkeeper, Stockle- Scott Wm. blacksmith, Bustabeck bound Thompson Moses, frmr. Stoeklewath bd wath bound Scott William, blacksmith, How bound Tiffin Henry, yeoman, How bound Robinson Thoma'l, farmer, Row bound Sealby 'rhomas, farmer, Row bound Wallase John, farmer, Southernby bnd Sanderson Thos. farmer,Southernbybnd Stobbart John, farmer, Southernbybnd Watson Mary (Mrs.), Blue Bell, Row Scott James, farmer, Southernhybound Stalker Jonathan, yeoman, Row bound bound · Scott Jonthn. farmer, Southernby bnd Thompson Jsph. farmer, Bustabeckbnd YoungRobert, beerretailer, How bound PosT OFFICE, Raughton Head.'-John Relph, receiver, I dispatched at 2 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Letters are received through Carlisle, arrive at 11 a.m. ; Wigton Registrar~ Schoolma.~ter, Jolm Bell, Sowerby row, Row bound C:LEATO:R., 5 miles from WhitPhaven, 3 from St. Bees, There are many small proprietors. Flosh, a handsome and 2 from Egremont, is a parish, township, railway station, mansion in the Gothic style, erected in 1832, iB the property and large village, in the western division of the county, and residence of Thomas Ainsworth, Esq. Cleator l\iuines Allerdale Ward above Derwent, union of Whitehaven, Cope- is the residence of Samuel Lindow, Esq., J .P. The Roman land deanery, archdeaconry of Westmoreland, and bishopric Catholic church, built in 1853, is a spacious, but plain, of Carlisle; situated on the rivers Ehen and Keekle. The edifice, with a low tower of red freestone, nnd affords accom township is about 3 miles in length from north to south, modation for 500 hearers. Adjoining is the residence of the and I! in breadth from east to west. It is divided from priests. There is also a burial-ground attached to the chapel. Egremont by Keekle Beck, and was anciently c.'tlled Cleator Moor, about a mile distant from the parish church, Kekell-Terr, corrupted to Cleator. The church of St. is a rapidly increasing district, owing to the extensive works Leonard is a neat modern building, with a turret and bell; of the Whitehaven Hematite Iron Ore Company, which are the outside is of pla.<~ter-work, with lancet windows; the situated here, and in connexion with their collieries afford inside consists of a nave and chancel. The living is a per- employment to about 490 persons. In the Cleator valley petual curacy, value £80 yearly, without residence, in the there are many mines in which the description of iron gift of the Earl of Lonsdale; the Rev. Frederic Addison, ore known as the hematite (Lapis hrematites, or kidney :o.A., is the incumbent. The Roman Catholics and 'V esleyau iron ore) is obtained. This ore i.'l a pure peroxide of iron Methodists have each a chapel. Here is a National school, yielding 63 per cent. of metal. It is found in massesoffrom partly supported by the weekly pence of the scholars; also 6 to 100 feet in thickness, not in regular strata, but in a Sunday school held at the school-room. The Catholics immense deposits, generally below the millstone grit. 'fhere have a school, and there is also a Unitarian school, free for are three blast furnaces at work, producing 500 tons of pig youth of both sexes, supported by Thomas Ainsworth, Esq., iron weekly; another furnace is in the course of erection. built in a handsome and substantial manner, nearly adjoin- The superior quality and durability of this iron is such that ing his mill, intended principally for the education of the it is well adaptPd tor machinery casting where great strength children of' his workpeople. A Roman road passes here, of is required. The three furnaces consume annually 40,000 which there are still traces visible. Cleator is a rapidly in- tons of hematite ore, and about 70,000 tons of coals, for all creasing village, owing to the number of mines, collieries, and purposes. Previously to the commencement of these works, quarries of stone and lime which are found in the neighbour- about thirteen years ago, Cleator :M:oor did not contain a hood. The population, in 1851, was 1,779, now increased to single habitation; upwardsof300 houses, principally for the nearly 3,000, the majority of the increase being Irish accommodation of the workpeople, have been since erected. laborers employed in the various works and mines. The Bowthorn Row is a long line of tenements contiguous to the acreage is 2,844. The soil in general has a larg·e proportion ironworks. of clay, and is naturally cold and wet. The chief crops are W ATH, 4 miles from "\Yhitehaven, and 2l from Egremont, barley, oats, turnips, and grass. General Wyndham is lord is a small hamlet in the parish of Cleator. The Whitehaven of the manor, and, with Thomas Ainsworth, Esq., Samuel Waterworks Company have reservoirs here, the water of Lindow, Esq., John Lindow, Esq., Mr. James Robertson, which iqsuppliedfrom the river Ehen. and the Carron Iron Company, are the chief landowners. Cleator. Litt Thomas, farmer, Aldby Armstrong· :Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Little Abraham master of National schl Atkinson Hannah (1\Irs.), bP.er retailer Addison Rev. Frederic,B.A.[incumbent] LittleAnn(Mrs.),mistrs.of National schl & shopkeeper Ainsworth Thomas, esq. Flosh *Little Thomas, farmer, High wath Banton William, shopkeeper Barker Richard, esq. Keekle Palmer J ames, blacksmith Byrne Daniel, groeer & baker Burns Isaac, esq. Blackhow Parker Isaac, boot& shoe maker Dawson James, farmer, Bow thorn Holden Rev. Gregory [Catholic] Robertson Jas. miller &spirit merchant Felloon Neal, shopkeeper Lindow Samuel, esq. J.P.Cleator maines Russell James, farmer, Cross field Hailes Moses, beer retailer Palleiate Rev. Edward fCatholic] Southward Jane (Mrs.), Three 'l'uns Hernatite Iron Co.'s Works (Isaac Stanley Mr. Thomas, Keekle grove Southward John, farmer, Jack trees Armstrong, manag·er), & Whitehaven COMMERCIAL. Spedding J oseph, miller Leveson N athaniel, shopkeeper Ainsworth Thomas, flax spinner & iron Spedding Matthew, miller & farmer, Quin Owen, beer retailer & travelling ore merchant J.. ow watb teadealer Allison Richard, grocer Steele George, farmer, Row Reiley Francis, shopkeeper Armstrong George, Hare~ Hounds Steele William, shopkeeper Rooke Isaac, schoolmaster Atkinson Miles, shopkeeper&beer retlr Sterling John, iron ore merchant Rotherby Ann (Mrs.), beer retailer :Barker Richard, farmer, Keekle bank Sturgeon James, farmer, Troughton Rotherby John, shopkeeper :Beck Bridgett (Mrs.), shopkeeper Thompson Richard, farmer, Row foot Ward Joseph, Queen's Arms :Benn Jane (Miss), farmer, Cross field Tidyman James, shopkeeper Wath. :Black Thomasl schoolmaster *Towerson Ann (Mrs.), farmer Little Mr. Thomas, the Grove Burns Jonas, tarmer, Nook Turner Ann (Mrs.), linen & woollen COMMERCIAL. Cleator John, tailor draper & hosier Hope J oseph, farmer Fisher John, shopkeeper Turner John, miller & farmer, Low NichollWm.beer retailer,Wath brow top Gaythwaite Miles, parish clerk house mill RobertsonJno.minral.borer,Trumpet ho Harkness Joseph, grocer & postmaster ·wnson Joseph, boot & shoemaker Selby John, manager of waterworks Hill Anthony, iron ore merchant YoudaleMargaret(l\frs.),ForgeHammr (Whitehaven'sCo.'s reservoirs),Watb Hope Joseph, farmer, High wath Cleator Moor. brow top Jackson John, tailor COMMERCIAL. SpeddingMatthew,miller&farmer,Wath *Jenkinson William, farmer, Toddles Anderton John, shopkeeper Thompson Charles, shopkeeper& black- Lindow Samuel & John, spade & scrap Armstrong Forster, shopkeeper smith, Wath brow top iron manufacturers, & iron ore mer- Armstrong Isaac, manager to the WelshJas.Little'sArms,Wath brow top chants; office, 6Albion st.Whitehaven Hematite ironwork company Letters through Cleator PosT OPFICE.-Joseph Harkness, postmaster. Letters I patched at 2 p.m. Egremont is the nearest money order are received through Whitehaven at i past 11 a.m.; dis- office COCK.EKMOUTH is a Parliamentary borough, union, 5,774, and the acreage is 2,326; the population of the Par market town, polling place and railway station, distant 8! liamentary borough was 7,275. It is situate(} on the south miles east from Workington, 7 south-east from Maryport by side of the river Derwent, and at the mouth of the Cocker. road, 15i north-east from Whitehaven, 41~ south-west-by- The town is not incorporated; it is governed by a board of . west from Carlisle, and 305 north-west from London. It is in health. There is a manorial court held l1ere ; the magistrates Brigham mother parish, Derwent division of Cumberland, sittings are held at the Court-house on Mondays. There is a Cockermouth union, and Carlisle bishopric. It is a township County Court. The board of guardians meet on every alter and chapelry; the population oftbe chapelry, in 1851, was nate Monday, Qenerql Wyndham is lord of the manor and .