DIRECTORY. 229 WIGTON. [CUMBERLAND.J Waver and W am pool, upon wliieh are sevel'al com mills. AKEHEAD is a hamlet, 1 mile west-by-north. This was. Coal is also obtained about three miles from Wigtou. the birth-place and seat of John Rooke; he was a copious. The market is held every Tuesday, and is well supplied with writer on political economy and geology, and exercised con­ corn and all kinds of provisions; and on St. Thomas's Day siderable influence on the public mind in Cumberland, and is also a very large one for butcher's meat, apples, and honey. on many leadin... public men. His works include, 'Free Fairs are held on the 20th of February for horses and cattle, Trade in Corn,' ?Free and Sate Government,' 'A Treatise on which was formerly one of the largest in this part of the Geology,' and the 'Geology of Cumberland, of VV:estmore­ county ; and on the 5th of April for cattle and merchandise ; moreland, of Northumberland, and Durham,' ofwhtch many and Whit-Tuesday and l\Iartimas Tuesday for hiring agri­ thousand copies were published. The work on the Corn cultural servants. The population of the township, in 1851, Laws was one of the first by an agriculturist advocating was 4,562; and of the parish, 6,223; and the area of the free-trade, and had a powerful effect at the time. He was township, 3,840 acres ; and of the pflrish, 11,520 acres. The the author of the 'Theory of Explosive Force.<& in Geology/ land is generally low, but dry and fertile; the soil varying from the constant correspondent of Andrew Crosse, Saul, and loam, clay, and gravel. The population of the town is 4,224. other men of science, and madf' minute local surveys of the OuLTON is a small township iu the parish of Wigton, whole of the hill regions of England and South Scotland, 2 miles north-north-west from that town, containing a besides excursion.<~ to Ireland and France. He took a very population of 421, and 2,560 acres. active share in promoting railways in West Cumberland, W AVERTON is a township and village, pleasantly situated, and the reclamation of Morecambe Bay, the Wampool, and 21 miles west-south-west from Wigton, on the river Waver, the Solway. HI' was a magistrate for tbe county, President which divides the township; it contains a population of 54:5, of the Wigton Mechanics' Institute, and an active supporter and 3,840 acres. of agricultural improvements. On his death the inhabit­ 'VoonsinE, a township, lies on the south and east side ants of Wigton gave him a public funeral. There is no of Wigton, and contains a population of 695, and 1,280 acres. portrait of him in the Wigton Town-hall. One of the figures WoonsiDE quarter comprises the hamlets of WEST in Haydon's 'Banishment of Aristides' is a likeness. Mr. 'VoonsiDE, EAsT WoonsiDE, EAsT and WEsT CuRTH­ Rooke was uncle to the late Thomas Sibson, the artist, and WAITE, HOWRIGG, and the HEIGHTS, extending from 2~ of Dr. }'rancis Sibson, M.D. to 5 miles east of Wigton, and containing 2,445 acres. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Dodgson Miss Elizabeth, West street Nicholson Mrs. High street Aglionby Miss, Wigton hall Dodgson 1\Ir. William, High street Nixou Mrs. Mary, West street Aldersey Mr. John, Union street Fidler Misses, Standing stone cottage Parkin l\fr. Thomas, West street Atkinson Mrs. Station hill l<'orbcs l\Irs. Elizabeth Sarah, West st Pattinson Miss Isabella, Station hill Banks Mrs. West street Gregson Mrs. South end Pattinson Mrs. J olm, Market hill Barker Mrs. Church street Henderson Joseph, esq. Moorhouse Pattinson Mrs. Brookfield house Barnes Miss, South end Hoare Rev. Francis, George street Saul Mri!. West street Barnes Mrs. Dinal1, New street Hodgson Miss, Proctor square Skf'lton Mrs. West street Bell Mrs. Jane, High street Irving Rev. Jonathan, Vicarage Smith Mr. Jeremiah, Burnfoot house Hell Miss Mary, High street Kirkbride Mt·s. Station hill Speak Tom, esq. New street Bewtly Mrs. West street Lamonby Mrs. West street StudholmeJoseph, esq. Hawkrigg ho Bragg Miss, West street Lawson Robert, esq. King street Taylor John, esq. Dockray Brown Rev. [Catholic], West street Leitch Rev. Alexander [Presbyterian], Tiffen Mrs. Mary, High street Carrick J oseph, esq. Flosbfield George street Tiffen Robert, esq. King street Coulthart Miss Ellen, Market hill Lyde Rev. Wm.M.A. [vicru·], George st Wharton Mrs. Margaret, Market bill Couper Mr. John, Church street l\IcNaugbtan Thomas, esq. Market pi Wood J oseph, West street Dand Mr. John, West street Maling 1\Irs. Hig·h street Wood Mrs. New street Dirkin Mr. Alexander, West street 1\'Iartingale Miss, High street COMMERCIAL. Calvert Thomas, farmer, Low Blenthwaite Anderson James, ironmonger, King street Carrick Joseph, solicitor, commissioner for administering Armstrong- John, clog & patten maker, King street oaths in chancery, perpetual commissioner for taking Asbridge William, butcher, King street deeds of acknowledg·ment for married women, & agent for Backhouse Francis, boot maker, New street the Imperial fire insurance company, West street Backhouse Mary (Mrs.), second hand clothes dealer, New st Casson John, cabinet maker, upholsterer, joiner, builder &; Hackhouse Thomas, bootmaker, New street pianoforte dealer, Market place Bank of Whitehaven (Wigton branch), (Joseph Carrick, Casson J oseph, organist & teacher of music, High street manager), West street Chambers Prances (~Iiss), dressmaker, High street Banks Brothers & Henderson, australian merchants Chicken John, Railway inn, & miller, Old lane Barnes Dorothy (Miss), straw bonnet maker, King street Clark George, farmer & gardener, Low moor Barnes Hannah (.~Irs. ), shopkeeper, South end ClarkJane (Mrs.), Joiners' Arms, King street Barnes John, linen & woollen draper, Market place Clark John, grocer & provision dealer, Water street Harnes William, stonemason, High street Clark Jonathan, shopkeeper, High street Barrett Thomas, grocer & provision dealer, High street Coates Joseph, tailor, Water street Baxter James (Mrs.), grocer, King street Coats John, tailor, Old lane Baxter .Joseph, tailor, Halfinoon yard, High street Cockburn John, hosier King street Baulk William, millwright, Old lane Coulthard Mary (Mrs.), King's Head, High street Bell George, bootmaker, High street Coulthart Thomas, Sportsman, King street . Bell George, tailor, High street Cowen William, White S1van, High street Bell Joseph, tallow chandler, Meeting house lane Crosby Company Coal Depot ( William Simon, agent), Bell Thomas, gasfitter & bellhanger, New street Railway station Bell Thomas, joiner & wheelwright, King street Crosthwaite Isaac, stonemason, South end Bell Wilson, painter &glazier, New street Cumberland Union Bank (branch of), (Joseph Messenger, Bell William, clog & patten maker, High street agent), Market place Blackburn Sarah tMiss), shopkeeper, South end Currie J ames, engineer, millwrigbt & ironfounder, Station Blackburn William, Temperance cqffee house, King street hill & Burnfoot Blain Sarah (Mrs.), milliner, High street Dalton Richard & George, tanners & curriers, Old lane Boustead J oseph, tailor, draper & hatter, King street Dand William, bootmaker, Old lane Brown Catherine (Mrs.), tinplate worker, King street Davidson Ann (Miss), npholsteress, Market hill Brown Francis, shoemaker, Market hill Davison George, bootmaker, High street Brown Henry, saddler, Hig]l street Davison J a ne (Mrs.), teadealer & confectioner, Market place Brown John, bootmaker, Water street Davison William, Black Lion, High street Brown Joseph, tinplate worker, Old lane Dixon Abraham, grocer & spirit merchant, & agent to the Brown Richard, linen & woollen draper, & agent to the Age life assurance company, King street County fire & Provident life offices, High street Dixon John, bootmaker, High street Brown Robert, bootmaker, High street Dodgson William, chemist & druggist, & agent to the Brown Stephen, bootmaker, New street Norwich Union tire & life, & the Friends' Provident life Buck Robert Robinson, gingham &c. manufacturer, see institution, West strl't't Pattinson Joseph & Co Donald Ann (Mrs.), baker & shopkeeper, King street Huckley Catherine (Miss), National school mistress, High st Donald J ames, farmer, Blenthwaite house Bushby William, bootmaker, Burnfoot Dugdale Alice & Elizabeth (Misses), hosiers & berlin wool Carlisle~ Cumberland Banking Company (Branch of), repository, King street . (Samue1 Rigg, agent), King street Dugdale Alice (Miss), dressmaker, King street 16