KESWICK. 858 [POST OFFICE Town Is Supplied with Water, by a Company Established in Society, Formed in 1869, Is Held at the Lecture-Hall in St
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[ CUMBERLAND.] KESWICK. 858 [POST OFFICE town is supplied with water, by a company established in Society, formed in 1869, is held at the Lecture-hall in St. 1856; the water is brought from the mountain Skidda.w. John street. Gas works have also been erected. Petty sessions are held at the Court Buildings every Satur- The church of St. Kentigern, the parish church of Great day, also a local Board of Guardians meet fortnightly. Crosthwaite, which stands about half a mile north-by-west A county court is held every two months. The following of the town, in the township of Underskiddaw, is an ancient places are within its jurisdiction :-Abbey, Applethwaite, stone building in the Norman style: it has a chancel, Armathwaite, Armbotl1, Ashness, Ashness near Buttermere, nave, aisles, porch, and tower with 6 bells: the whole Barrow, Bassenthwaite Halls, Bassenthwaite High Mill, of the roof and stalls were restored at a cost of about Bassenthwaite High Side, Bassentbwaite (parish of), Beck £4,500, of which £4,000 was given by the late J ames House, Bewaldeth, Biarsteads, Binsey Cottag-es, Binsey Stanp;er, esq., of Lairthwaite: the roof is finely carved, End, Birket Bank, Birket Fidds, Birket Mire, Birket Wood, and the chancel window and five others are filled with Birkrig-g, Borrowdaile township, Borrowdaile Hotel, Bouch stained glass: there is also a memorial stained glass window, House, l:lowderStone, Bracenrigg, Brandlehow, Braithwaite, presented by the parishioners to commemorate the restora- Brid~~:e End, Briery Hill, Brigho11se, Brime Crag, Broad tion by that gentleman: several monuments to the Der- ness, Broad Stone, BrockleCrag, Brown Beck, Brundholme, ~entwater family, and one to the poet Southey, which was Bully House-, Burns, Buttermere, Castle Inn, Castle Rigg, erected by his friends, at a cost of £1,100; it consists of a Chapel House, Chesnut Hill, Close, Cole Beck, Great full-length recumbent figure in white marble, which was Crosthwaite, Little Crosthwaite, Dale Bottom, DansingGate, executed by Lough, on a pedestal of carved Caen stone: Derwent Folds, Dike Nook, Doddick, East House, Ellars, the font is very ancient, and is octang·ular, and has had Emerald, Esps, Fell End, Fieldside, Fisher Place, Forge, an inscription on each face those on every alternate Fornside, Gasgarth, Gillbank, Gill Brow, Guiners, Goose face having been the names of saints, and were obliterated Well, Grange, Green Close, Guardhouse, Gutherscale, High, in the 16th century; on the other faces remains a legend in High Close, High Hollows, High Houses, High Ireby, High Latin, which translated is," Pray for the soul of Thomas Lowdore, High Snub, High Row, Hill, Hill Top, Hollin (De Kheda) of Keswick, formerly vicar of this parish." Root, Hollows, Horsemoor Hills, Howe, Howgate, Jenkin, The register dates from the year 1575. The Jiving is a vicar- Jenkin Hill, Kelsick, Keskedale, Keswick, Kiln Hill, age, worth £433 yearly, with residence, in the gift of the Lairthwaite, Lambfoot, Lane Foot, Lanthwaite Green, Leg • Bishop of Carlisle, and held by the Rev. Henry Gipps, M.A., berthwaite, Little Town, Lisc~w, Long ~lose, Longsc~le, of Worcester College, Oxford, canon of Carlisle; the Rev. Low~ore, Lo~ Hollows, Low ~nab, Low.side, Lo~thwaite, John Wilkinson Gamul Edwards M A is the curate Lyzz1ck, Mamsty, Melhecks, Mill beck, Milldam, M1rehouse, • . ' · ., • Moor End, N addle (Division), N e~t, N etherscales, N ewlands I n t b e town IS the district church of St. John, erected (Township) Newsham North Row Old Scale Ormathwaite and endo~~d .at the sole cost of the late J o~n Mar~hall, esq., ! Ouse Bridg~, Peat H~we, Peelwyke, Peter House, Portio~ ?f Leeds. It IS a ~andsome structur~ of light pmk stone, ! scale, Providence, Rake Foot, Reckah, Red Gate, Riddings, m the E!lrly Enghsh style, has a spue, I be.ll! an~ clock.' Rigg Head, Riggs, Rig-g Wood, Robin Hood, Roodlands, The register dates from the year 1839 .. The l.IVIng Is.a per- Rosthwaite, Routenbeck, Row End, Rudding, Ruthwaite, p~tua~ curacy, worth £.260 yearly, with residence, m tlle S.John's-in-the-Vale, Sand Hill, Scales, Scales (Embleton), gift of the Marshall family, and held b~ the Rev. Tho,mas Scarnes, Scote Howe, Seathwaite, Seatoller, Setmabanning, • Dundas Harf~_>rd B~ttersby, M.A., of Balbol College, Oxford, Shatton, Shaw Bank, Shoulthwaite, Shundray,Skaw-garth, hon. ~~n?n of Carh~le. Skelgill, Skiddaw Forest, Skiddaw Lodge, Slack House, .AdJommg the parish church of St•. Kent1gern IS an ancient Souterfell, Stanab, Stanley Hall, Stair, Stair Mill, Stock Free Grammar School, endow~d with .lands, ~orth about dale, Stone Raise, Stonethwaite, Stoney Croft, Style End, £100, and open to all the children of the parish, and the Swan Inn Swinside Sykes 'l'hirlspot Thorneythwaite manag~ment is in the hands of tru~tees chosen annually. Thornthwafte, Threlkeld, Tluelkeld Hall, Torpenho~ Rete Is also a Sunday school, bmlt by th~ late Jnmes (Chapelry), Troughbridge, Troutbeck Lodge, Ullock, Stanger, esq ., ancl used on the week days as a female school. U nderskiddaw (Division of) Wallthwaite W anth waite Schools are likewise attached to St. John's church. Watendlath, Water End, W~scoe, Westray; Wheat Sheaf, There are chapels for Primitive Methodists, Wesleyans, Whinlatter, White Horse, Whitrigg, Wythburn, Yew Tree. and Independents. A court haron is held on the 22nd of May. The chief trade here is the manufacture of black-lead There are some good lodging houses here, and some ex- pencils, the most extensive of which is that of Banks & Co. cellent hotels, the principal being the Queen's, the Keswick Here are likewise a small coarse woollen manufactory, a and the Royal Oak. brewery qnd a tannery. The market <lay is Saturday; it has been held since the The Town Hall was built in 1813, on the site of the reign of Edward I., and is well supplied with corn and pro ancient Court-house. The market bell is very old and visions. There are fairs on October 11th, and on the -first formerly belonged to the Radcliffe family. The Town Hall Thursday after the lst of 1\Iay, and the two subsequent is the property of Mr. Marshall, and in it is exhibited daily alternate Thursdays, for cattle; a fair for rams and cheese on Flintoft's celebrated model of the lake district; it was con- the Saturday after the 29th October,and l1irings for servants structed by the late Mr. J oseph Flintoft, a residentl1ere, and at Whitsuntide and l\Iartinmas. has elicited the approbation of the most eminent scientific The principal objec!t~ of interest in the neighbourhood, and and literary gentlemen; it is coloured to imitate nature, is on which attract a great number of vit~itors in the summer a scale of three inches to a mile, and exhibits the mountains, season, are its romantic situation and picturesque scenery, valleys, rivers, roads, plantations, towns, house~, mines, diversified by lofty mountains, lakes, woods, and waterfalls. lakes, tarns, in an area of 1,200 square miles, extending 51 The lake of Derwentwater, with its numerous enchanting by 37: this model was Yery highly spoken of by the late islands, is half a mile south of tl1e town, and a short distance John Rooke, of Aikhead. A public Lecture-hall and class- onwards are about fifty rude granite stones of various rooms were added in 1856, by the present incumbent, to the forms, which form a circle, called the '' Druid's Temple;" bandsome library founded by the late Rev. F. 1\lyers. The they are rough and unhewn, and of different sizes, some library contains nearly 3,000 ,·olumes. There is a lock-up. upwards of eight feet in height. Sir John Banks'scharityisnowdispensed partly in weekly Reginald Dykes Marshal!, esq., is lord of the manor and sums to deserving but poor aged people, and partly in grants principal landowner. Gross estimated rental,£ 10,960; rate to schools in the parish, able value, £9,284-; the population of the town iu 1861 was Here is a Mechanics' Institute and. Reading Room inl\Iain 2,610, and in 1871 was 2,777. street, containing nearly500 volumes. The Keswick Literary Parish Clerk, Anthony Gibson. Official Establishments, Local Institutions, &c. PosT & ]UONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Post SuNDAYs. Office Savings :Bank, Government Annuity & Insurance F L d & t t Delivered Office.-John Fisher Crosthwaite, postmaster. rom on on a 11 par s • • a 8·0 a.m. } at 8.30 a.m Office open ARRIVALS (WEEK DAYS). l D 1' t From Windermere, Amb~side for delivery From London & all parts. • • • at 7.30 a.m. ' S.O~~ a & Grasmere • • • • • • • • at 8.45 a. m. till 10.15 a. m From Windermere, Ambleside DESPATCHES (WEEK DAYS). & Grasmere • . • • • • • • at 8.45 a.m. Deli\'ery at To Cockermouth • • • • • • • • • • Box closes at 6.50 a.m From Cockermouth • • • • • • at 4.20 p.m. 7.5 p.m To Windermere & Ami>leside • • • • , at8.50 a.m }'rom Penrith • • • • • • • • at 6.35 p.m. To Penrith, Scotland, &c., &c... • • , at3.40 p.m Delivery To Windennere,Ambleside & Grasmere , at 4.35 p.m From Windermere & Ambleside at 8.10 p.m. next To Cockerruouth • • • • • • • • • • , at 6.10 p.m • mornmg To London & all parts , • • • o , , o , at 6.2o p.m .