504 HAVlmBRACK AND' MEATHOP AND ULPHA. opulent yeoman of Nether Levens, founding the Grammar School and purchasing the hall, desmesne, and part of the manor of Hever­ sham. Of him it was said that though "he had many houses, he never lived in a house of his own." He was succeeded by his kinsman, Thomas Wilson, Esq., of Kendal, whose son, Edward, next inherited. He died at the age of eighty years, and lies buried in Beetham Church, where there is a white marble monument, bearing a long Latin inscription, to his memory. His son and heir, Daniel Wilson, Esq., represented the county of Westmorland in Parliament for nearly 40 years. He was succeeded by his son, Edward, who married in 1746, Dorothy, eldest daughter of Sir William Fleming, Bart., Rydal, and had a numerousfamily. Daniel, the eldest son, succeeded his father, in 1764. He was twice married, and had issue only two daughters, by the second wife. Sarah, the eldest and heiress of Dallam Tower, married George Smyth, Esq., second son of the Right Hon. John Smyth, of Heath Hall, co. York, by the Lady Georgina, his wife, eldest daughter of Augustus Henry, Duke of Grafton. Mr. Smyth on his marriage relinquished his own name, and assumed that of his wife. The late Edward Hugh Wilson, Esq., was his grandson. (See manor). The principal landowners are Sir Maurice Bromley-Wilson and Mrs. Frith Hudson. '

Meathop and Ulpha Are two hamlets which give name to a township lying along the north bank of the Kent estuary, within Kendal Ward, petty sessionaldivision, union, and countycourt district; the rural district of South Westmorland, and the electoral division of Crosthwaite. Its superficial extent is about 1,991 acres; the rateable value .£3,654 10s., and the gross estimated rental £5,760 6s. An extensive :peat moss stretches through the district, supplying the inhabitants with fuel, and affording many of them employment in cutting the turf during the season. The chief crops grown are oats and potatoes. The Grange Gasworks, established in 1866, are in this township The land is owned by Sir Maurice Bromley-Wilson; Mrs. Williams, Nantwich; and the Rev. C. G. Townley. Meathop and Ulpha forms part of the manor of Witherslack. The Westmorland Consumption Sanatorium at Meathop was built in 1891, as a convalescent home, and was adapted to its present purposes some years ago. The cost of alteration amounted to £1,200. It was opened in March, 1900, and has since been further enlarged, and has now accommodation for about 24 patients. Meathop is distant three miles from Grange-over-Sands.