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DIRECTORY.] CUMBERLAND. ]RTHINGTON. 171 IRTHINGTON -fit !l township and pari%h to the north of thll Roman wall and vallum, which Tun 'parallel to of the river Irthing, 3 mile6 west-by-north from Bramp each other thr()ugh the parish about half ~ mile. noI"th~ 'ean ~tatiOn on the North Eastern railway, in the Northern west of the village of Irthington thr(}ugh the h!lmlet division of th~ 'county, Eskdale ward and petty ses of Old Wall. The Earl of Carlisle and Frederick Po-n- sional division, union and county court district of . sunhy Jobnson esq. of Castlesteads, WaJton, wh(} Rl'"P. Brampton, and in the rural deanery of Brampton and lords of the manor, James B. Willoughby, of Heanlands, ~rchdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle. The church of St. and R. G. Graham esq. are the chief I!mdowners_ The )tentigern is a buildihg of iltone in the Norman style, soil is in 50me places sandy, and in others a black loam ; consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, aisles, wed the latter requires much improvem~nt. The principal porch, and f\ turret containing one bell, hung at the crops grown here a.re oabJ, barley and turnips; the' last c1o~e of the last century in the place of two old being largely grown. The area i~ 7,347 acres of land and bells: a fine Norman arch dividea the nave and chancel, 44 of water; Ta.teable valut', £7,922; the population in .and acro.;s it is. a screen: there llIrs inscribed tablet., 1901 was 723. w the Rev. John StampeI', 50 years vicar bere, d. Post & Telegraph Office, Irthington.-John Hodgson, lDuh ,l8IL, and to Mr. Robert. Bell, of the Nook, d. 1876, to postmaster. Letters arrive from Carlisle at 8.50 a.m. al~o whose memory thE'l stained east window was erected: &; are dispatched thereto at 4 p.m.; no sunday dis thffi'e are other memorial windows to th~ Rev. John patch or delivery. Bramptrln i!f the nearest money Topping, vica,r from r8rr, d_ r8 April, r847; to .lohn order office Lamb Waugh, d. 8 Nov. 1851; to ~is.s Dobbie, killed ~t Opunake, New Zealand; to Charlotte Sophia DaCi'8, Public Elementary School (mixed &; infant<;), built in d. 1872, and two other~, one of which was presented by 1874, for 100 children; averagl) attendance, 88; John th~ Rev. Thomas Dodgson !\LA. now curate of Sa~elby, Raisbeck, master Leicester, in memory of his brother, who died in 1845: the pulpi~ and fOD't are both of stone, richly carveJ: KEWTOWN is a tillage on the rroad from Brampton the nave and aisles were restored in 1849, and the chan to Longt<>wn, 2 miles north-we6t from Brampton, and is .eel in 1853, under the diredion of the Rev. J. F. Lee, of traversed by thl:1 Roman wall. Letrte<rs through Carlisle; Lancaster, a.ssisted by Mr. Bloxam, architect, of Rugby: the postman also collects letters en route. The children in 1896 fl new vestry was lidded, the church reseat-ed attend the school at Irthington. jUld ihA organ r/lmoved to tue chancel: the church affords 300 sittings. In the churchyard is a tombstone RULEHOLME, or Roulholm, is a hamlet near to Irth parishe~ ipscribed, to Robert :Bowman, of Irthingtnn, d_ 1823, aged ing bridge, built in 1753, and unitling the two 1I9. A new vicarage house was built in r902. The of Brampton and Irthington, on the old road to Carlisle, regi5tel"S date from t,he year 1704. 1'he living is a 2 miles south-west from Br-ampton. Letters through vicarage. net yearly value about £270, with about 370 Brampton. acres of land, in the gift of R. Gibbons Graham esq_ J.P. and held since 1904 by the Rev. Godfrey Bernard LAVERSDALE is a village about 3! miles west-north Blake :\LA_ of St. John's GoJ.lege, Oxford_ west of Brampton. The postman collects en route. Public Elementary School, Laversdale (mixed &; infants), Cbarities_-HethBrington's, Dalton's, Mulcaster's, Bou built in 1857, for lob children; average attendance, etead's and Sarjinson's cha.rities, consisting of money in 31; Jam~ S. Woods, master vested in stock and railway S>ecurities, produce together £20 IIS. 4d. yearly, whch is applied to educational pur BLEATARN, a hamlet. 4 miles west from Hrampton, poses, with the excepti{)n of Mulcaster's, which is to be is a. place of considerable interest, and lies between the divided amongst t,he poor of his native village on the Roman wall (which runs a little to the north of the farm 24th Dec_ annually. house) and the vallllm, which is immediately south; The Nook, formerly the Manor House, the pro near Bleatarn, on the south bank of the Eden, is a perty of Robert Gibbons Graham esq. J.P. is now cliff with inscriptions and the fig-ure of a sta.g; and lower ~I906) occupied by George W. T. Parker esq_ BeaIl down are three cav~, formed out of the rock. Letters lands Park, the property and residenoe of Robert Gibbons through Carlisle via Crosby-on-Eden. Graham esq. J.P. is a pleasant rasidence overlooking the river Irthing, and commanding a beautiful NEWBY is a very small village, 4 miles south-west and extensive view towards the south. The remains of of Brampto<n. Thomas H. B. Graham esq. of Edmond fl. Roman fort or mile-castle were discovered about 1843, Castle, is the principal landowner. Letters through near to the Nook, by the late Mr. Robe<rt Bell, who also Wetheral, Carlisle. collected a number of ancieniJ coins, and adjoining is Mow Hill. A quantity of ancient Roman and other coiIl~ OLD WALL is a hamlet 3~ miles west-by-north from have been found in the neighbourhood, in the vicinity Brampton, and compriBes threA fanns. IRTHINGTON. Fawkes Mary (Mrs.), frmr. :Freeland Wilson Joseph, farmer, Holly bush Blake Rev. Godfrey Bernard M.A. Fisher Isaac, Christopher &; (+E-orge, Winter William, farmer, Riggshield (vicar), Vicarage • farmers, Highfield moor Young Jefferson, farmer, Lane end Graham Mrs. Bog side Forster Francis, farmer, Old wall Graham Robert Gibbons .l.P_ BAan Harding Annie (Mrs.), farmer NEWBY. lands park Harding J oseph, farmer (Letters should have Wetheral Car- .,Milburn Jacob, The Croft Harding Will~am, farmer, Rigg shlds I lisle added.) , Parker George W. T. The Kook Herber~ In. Jun. frmr. West Knowe Hudspith Mrs. Irthing villa Hethermg'ton &; Palmer, farmers \Vannop Christopher COMMERCIAL. Hetherington Joseph, beer retailer COMMERCIAL. llell J ames, Salutation inn Hog~ Jame~ :Wo yeoman, Fordl~nds Cops{'y James C. butcher Gillespie Arthur, farmer, Irthing ho Holhday WIlham &; Robert, smiths Cllulthard Margaret (Mrs.), farmer, Graham William, farmer, Green Hutton Frank, yeoman, Scaur Low Watch cross Hetherington John, miller (water), Irving Richard, farmer . Forster J oseph, farmer Irthingto~ mill J~hnston John, farmer,Longngg thtn Hetherington Joseph, beer retailer lrving John, smith L~ghtfoot Jo.hn, farmer, Wa~c~ close Hetherington William, farmer Jefferson John, farmer, Lime Tree ho Lltt~e Archlbald, John, Wl1ham & Hogg John, cowkeeper, Woodside taw Robert H. yeoman, The Grange Richard, farmers, Stonewall Little John L yeoman Watch cross' Moffat William & Son, joiners Little William & Son" cloggers & Far ha. Slaggord,' Northumberld Moscrop In. yeoman, Gallowberry ho Little John, farmer, Common house Phillips David, farmer Waugh George, farmer, HurtlAtoIl Mark Robert, Bay Horse mn Phillips James, farmer Waugh Thomas, shopkeeper Messenger John, farmer, Glebe Robinson Joseph, William & Michael, Wmoughby Jas. 13_ farmer,Beanlands Palmer Robert, farmer, see Hether- farmers Rankhead LAVERSDALE. ington & Palmer Robinson William farmer Pattinson Be-njamin, smith . Slack Joseph, W~. &; Chas. farmers COMMERCIAL. Potts Mary (Mrs.), Sportsman mn Wannop Joshua (Mrs.) farmer, Atkinson John, farmer, Low house Reed William, farmer, Broom wall Newby hall ' Burgess William John &; Thomas,far- Rich:udsonMartha(Mrs.),frmr.Gill ho Watson Thomas farmer Rye close mers, Lane end Ridley William, farmer, The Close " Burgess J ames, joiner, Lane end Rubson James, farmer, Pateshill NEWTOWN. Clubb Alexander, farmer, Seat bill Saunders John, cow keeper Clubb William, farmer, Old wall Slack Richard &; Margaret &; Fanny (Letters should have Irthington, Car. Clubbs J oseph, farmer, Cumrenton, (Misses), farmers, Mireside lisle added) r Whiteflat Stanwix Thomas, yloman, Bleatarn ArIIUltrong John, farmer, Kilsykehill Coulthard Robert, farmer, Cross hill Wannop Joshua (MIS.), frmr.Bleatarn Beattie David W. yeoman.