[CU1\1BERLAND.] ARLECDON. 11~ POST OFF!CE

AKLECDOl\1', with the Townships of :E"R.IZ.Il\TG­ hold. The Earl of Lonsdale is lord of the manor. Fairs TON and WBILLIMOOR. for cattle, &c. are held on the 24th of April, the first Friday ARLECDON is a townsllip, village, and parisl1, 6 miles in June, and on the 17th of September. east-north-east from Whitehaven, and about 10 miles south­ FRIZINGTON, or FRISINGTON (HIGH and Low), is a. west from Cockermouth, its post town. It is in the Allerdale township and small village in the parish of Arlecdon, from ward above Derwent, union of Whitehaven, archdeaconry of which it is distant about 2 miles, and 4~ from Whitehaven. Copeland, diocese of Carlisle, West Cumberland, The parish This township abounds in iron ore, coals, freestone, and consists of the townships of ARLECDON, FRIZINGTON, and limestone. Tl1e acreage and population of this township is WHILLIMOOR. The church of St. Michael is a small hut included with Arlecdon. The Baroness de Stenberg and the neat stone building, with an open turret containing two bells. Earl of Lonsdale own part of the land; the remainder is It was rebuilt in 1829, at a cost of about £794, raised by a mostly freehold. The Earl of Lonsdale is lord of the manor. rate on the parishionere, except £100, which was given by Here is a Parochial school for boys and girls, which is also the Bishop of Chester, in whose diocese it then was. The used for divine service every Sunday afternoon; the incum­ interior consists of nave and chancel, and contains a neat bent of Arlecdon officiates. Rheda, the residence of Thomas marbleJablet to the memory of the late Mr. Steele, of Acre Dixon, Esq., is a neat stone building of freestone, pleasantly ·walls. The parsonage house is a neat, substantial building, situated on a commanding eminence, a short distance from situated about one mile from the church; it was erected in the village. At Crosslacon is an ancient stone cross, about 1842, at a cost of about £600. The living is a perpetual 3! feet high. In this township is a chalybeate spring, pos­ curacy, value £110 per annum, with residence, in the gift of sessing medicinal properties. the Bishop of Carlisle; the Rev. Francis John Allnatt is the WHILLIMOOR is a township in the parish of Arlecdon, incumbent. The Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel here. from which it is distant about 2 miles. The acreage and There is also a Parochial school for boys and girls. The population is included with Arlecdon. The Earl of Lonsdale parish contains 6,400 acres, and the population, in 1851, was is lord of the manor. 643. The land in the township of Arlecdon is mostly free- Arlecdon. Sumpton John, Sun Martin William, farmer, Dike nook PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Watson John, farmer, South mosses Nichol John, wheelwxight & farmer, Allnatt Rev. Francis John, Parsonage Wilson J ames, wheelwright Cross gill Carmichael Mr. Thomas Wilson John, farmer, Kirkland how Pape Jonathan, beer retailer Dickinson Mr. John, Kidburn gill Wood Henry, fill'mer, Dub hall Pickering Henry, master of Parochial Gritton The Misses, Asby Wood Joseph, farmer, Asby school COMMERCIAL. LettersthroughCockermouth. White- Sewart John, farmer, Hollow dike Atkinson Wm. Black Cock, New Asby haven i.