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• 224 NORTHERN OR ESKDALE PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

Akeshaw, that is, Oakwood, is situated on the north bank of the Crummock Beck, five miles from the Abbey. At Overby is a small Reading Room and Library containing about fifty volumes, established in 1897. CHARITIES. The late John Longcake, Esq., of , left by will in 1873 the interest of £600 to the poor cottagers of this parish, and the residue of his estate, after the payment of certain legacies, he ordered to be invested in the names of seven trustees, and the interest thereof to be devoted to the promotion of religion and education in the townships of Holme Abbey, , and Holme St. Cuthbert's. " The testator bequeaths to the incumbent and church­ wardens of Holme St. Cuthbert's, a scholarship of £40, for three years, to assist any clever boy attending the school, in obtaining a higher education, and to the incumbent and churchwardens of Holme Abbey £10 for School; £20 to the Abbey School; and to the incumbent and wardens of St. Paul's, for School, £20 per annum, to assist any deserving boy, and the trustees are directed that within twelve months after his death to set apart, and transfer into the names of the several incumbents sufficient Government stock as wo11ld answer the several endowments. The sum of £14 18s. is distributed annually to the poor.

HOLME ST. CUTHBERTS. School Board--William Edmondson, chairman; Robert Biglands, John Ostle, Joseph Osbome, Tom Beaty. Clerk to the Board G. Wood Turney, solicitor, .

Post Office at William Edmondson's, . Letters arrive via Maryport 8-10 a.m., and are despatched at 4-5 p.m. summer, and 3-5 p.m. winter. No Sunday business.

Armstrong Joseph, tailor, Mawbray Stanwix Thomas, vict., Anchor Inn, Armstrong Nicholas, grocer, Taylor Mr. William, Beckfoot Armstrong William, butcher, Newtown Timperon Thomas, steam threshing machine Bardsley Rev. John (St. Bees college), vicar, proprietor, The Vicarage Willis Mrs. Hannah, dressmaker and draper, Bell Mr. Beeby, Mawbray yard Mawbray Blackburn Jackson, tailor, &c., Mawbray Wilson John and Thomas, R.S.S., blacksmiths, Board Schools Samuel Duff, master; Mrs. Mawbray Duff, infant mistress Dixon Jared, mason and builder, Mawbray Farmers. Dixon William, joiner and cartwright, Pelutho Anderson J oseph (hind), N ewtown Edmondson Wm., grocer, provision dealer, ham Anm;trong Mrs. Betsey, Aikshaw and bacon curer, a;nd postmaster, Mawbray Armstrong Sarah, Grimes Gill Harrison Mr. William, Fern bank, Pelutho Armstrong William, Beckfoot Haycock Richard, shoemaker, Overby Barwise John (yeoman), Hind Charles R.S.S., blacksmith, Overby Beaty Tom and John, Mawbray farm Hoseason Mr. William B., Beckfoot Bell Ben, N ewtown Irving William, shoemaker. Beckfoot Biglands Robert (yeoman), Beckfoot J ohnston George, blacksmith, Pelutho Biglands Sarah, · N ewtown Johnston William, victualler and farmer, Board Blackbum William, Mawbray Inn, Pelutho Briscoe John, Johnston William, shopkeeper, Beckfoot Brough James (yeoman!, Newtown Longcake John, gentleman, Pelutho house Brough John, Edderside Miller Mr. Joseph, Brookside, Mawbray Collin William, Old Kiln Os borne Miss., grocer and provision dealer and Cork Chas. Albert and Thos. Percy, Mawbray bacon curer, Mawbray Creighton Thomas, N ewtown · Osborne John, shopkeeper, Overby Frears Samuel, Solway view Osbom John Henry, joiner and cartwright, Gordon George, New Cowper Mawbray Graham George, Edderside Osborn J oseph, auctioneer and contractor and Graham William and Joseph, Newtown builder, Cowgate Greenup J oseph (yeoman), Nook Osborn Thomas, roadman, Mawbray Hamilton Thomas, Pelutho Osbom William, joiner, &c., Brook cottage, Harrison Thomas, Beckfoot Mawbray Henderson William (hind), Pelutho park Osbom William, waller, Bank house Hetherington Thomas, Pelutho Ostle Mr. Joseph, Mawbray yard Hill George, Hill house Ostle Thomas, assistant overseer, Mawbray Hodgson Edward, The Tams Ostle Mr. William, Mawbray yard Hodgson John, Bank house, Newtown Pape :Miss Annie, Goody Hills Hodgson Mary and Sons, Mawbray house Reading Room and Library, Overby; John Hodgson Thomas, Mawbray Ostle, secretary Holliday Anderson, Plasket Lands Robinson Joseph, cowkeeper, Salta Holliday John Tordiff (yeoman), Mawbray Rome Sophia, vict., Lowther Arms, Mawbray Hayrigg Sharp Mr. Jacob, Edderside hall Holliday Wm. (yeoman), West house, Pelutho Smith George, stonemason, Pelutho Hurst William, Prospect house, Pelutho

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