138 DEARHAM. bUMBERLAND. [KELLY'S

Conlthard John, Commercial inn Kirkby Matthew, farmer, Home farm Rogerson John, assistant overseer &, Dawson Henry, farmer, Row farm Lacklison J ames, grocer clerk to ParishCouncil,Oraikhow rd Donald William, farmer, Rowhall Lee' John, farmer Routledge William, stationer • Duffield N oah market gardener Lightfoot Daniel, frmr.Trunchen tree Row Moor Colliery Co. Lim. Main st Graham Thomas, beer retailer McCracken .A.ndrew~ police constable, Sandham John, grocer Hall William, farmer, Dearham hall Craikhow road Scott Thos. farmer, Kirborough farm Hayle Jas. frmr. Rose vale, Kirkboro' McGee Hugb, farmer, Winder farm Serginson Saul, grocer Hine Joseph J. farmer, yraikhow hall McMullon J onathan, farmer Simpson Thos. frmr. Old Harker frm Hodgson J oseph, grocer Martin Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer Sparks Martha (Mrs')J Struggler inq. Huntington John, market gardener Maryport Co-operative Industrial Stamper John, farmer, Townhead Irving Maria (Mrs.), shopkeeper Society Ltd. (branch) Strong Joseph, farmer, Harker Marsh Ivison Thomas, shopkeeper Moore William, Globe inn Subscription Reading Room (Tom Ivison Thos. iun. carpenter &; joiner Nixon John, Sun inn & blacksmith Sandham, hon. sec) Johnstone John, joiner Nixon Lowery, insurance agent Thompson Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkpr Kirkbride John, agent for the Pru­ Nixon Lowery, jun. gro. & job mast Thompson William, farmer, Moorside dential Assurance Co. Limited Ritson .r ohn, shopkeeper Waugh Wm. furn. &; general dealer NETHER DENTON is a. parish, township and British King Cunobelin (A.D. 40), and another of the village, on the south side of the river Irthing, between Plantagenet period; there were also found bowls of Naworth and , 4 miles south-west from 50-called Samian ware, black pottery, large quantities of Gilsland railvf8y station, I north-by-east from lead, iron tools, a lamp, fibulre, bronze articles and stativn, both on the and Newcastle section of beads, and in two fields lying to the south and 'West the North Eastern railway and about 5 north-east from glass and pottery were met with in considerable quan17i~ Brampton, in the Northern division of the county, ties. It is supposed that this camp served as a post of Eskdale ward and petty sessional division, union and observation during the working of the quarries at county court district of Brampton, rural deanery of Ouombe Crag, which are visible from this hill. Denton Brampton and archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle.' Hall, now a farmhouse, was anciently the seat of a The church of St ... Cuthbert is I!. small and unpretend­ family of that name; the present house, erected in ing structure of stone, in the Early English style, cun­ 18~9, inoorporates part of the old tower, which is now sisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a WEstern used as a dairy, and has walls eight feet thick. There turret containing one bell, given in 1868 by C. Taylar are still traces of the inner and outer moats by which esq. of Low Houses, Bnd cast by Messrs. Taylor and the Hall was defended. 'l'he Earl of Carlisle, Robert Sons, of Loughborough. The stained east window, Ormfrt-on Lamb esq. of Stonehouse Hayton, the trusteell erected in 1869, is in memory of John and Margaret of the late John George Waugh esq. and Thomas Waugh i and there is another memorial 'Window on the Carrick esq. of Keswick, are the principal landowners. south side: in the church are marble tablets to John The soil is light and sandy j on the higher ground W Waugh esq. d. 1857, and his wife, d. 1861; to John the south it is stronger, but cold and sterile j subsoil, George Waugh, d. 1878, and to William Hodgson, d. clayey j the chief crops are oats and turnips. The area 1856; the church was rebuilt in r866. and afIords 140 is 4,964 acres of land and 17 of water; rateable value, lIittings. The registers date from the year r703. The £6,426; the population in 1901 was 3r8 in the civil and living is a rectory, net yearly value, £300, with resi­ 307 in the e<;clesiastical parish. dence, arising from 691 acres of glebe, in the gift of the SextoIl, Thomas Bulman. Bishop of Carlisle, and held since 1880 by the Rev. Alexander O'Connor, of St. Mary Hall, Oxford. There Low Row is a hamlet in the parish of ~ether Denton, ia a Wesleyan chapel here, built in 1882. A small and about 4 miles east from Drampton, with a station cbarity of £~5 yearly, left in r856 by the late W;,l]iam on the Newcastle and Carlisle section of the North Hodgson esq_ is distributed as follows :-£2 a year to Eastern rnilway. the parish clerk, and the balance amongst the poor. Post & Telegraph Office, Low Row.-George W. Wood, About 1868, in digging the foundations of a new parson- sub-postmaster. Letters through Oarlisle arrive at age, which stands on a hill in the parish, the remains 6.45 a.m.; dispatched at 6.25 p.m. Brampton is the of a Roman camp were discovered, and the outlines nearest lllOIley order office of the fortifications were subsequently traced i within the area were found a quantity of coins, llome silver, A.ttendance 'Officer, John Hind, Craigburn ho. Bcwcastle and others of brass and copper j of these, many were Public Elementary School (mixed & infants), erected in Roman, belonging to the reigns of Nero (A.D.54), Ves- r873; it wil1 hold lOO children j average attendance, pasian (A.D. 69), Domitian (A.D. 81), Nerva (A.D. 96), 73 j William Potts, master and Trajan (A.D. 98) j one appeared to be a coin of the Low Row Station, George W. Wood, station master NETllER DE:\"TOX. Guardhouse .Tn, farmer, Chapelburn Wilkinson Thomas, farmer, Close gill (Letters should have Low Row added.) Haugh John, farmer, Cleugh head Wilson Robert, farmer. Baggarah Charlton Mrs. Denton house Hedley Ralph, farmer, Birch cragg O'Connor Rev. Alex. (rBctor),Rectory Holliday In. farmer, Highbroom hill J ohnstone Robert, farmer, Lane head LOW ROW. COMMERCIAL. Little David, Coach & Horses inn Addison John J., J.P. Bank house Armstrong Wm. frmr. 13eckstones gt Little Robb, farmer, Middle row Atkinson .lames (Mrs.), apartments Bell J ames, farmer, Highfield McKitterick Ohristr. frmr. Close gill Carrick's Dairy Co. Ltd. Bell Eli7.h. (Mrs.), frmr. Low houses Rowntree Nathan, farmer, Birkhurst (Matthew R. Wilson, manager), Bulman Ann (Mrs.), frmr High nook Silwyer William, farmer, Lodge farm butter lllanufacturers .Bulman Thomas, assistant overseer &. Sinton .lames, farmer, Cleugh head Graham Eleanor (Mrs.), grocer sexton, High nook Sinton J ohIl, farmer, Ohapd row Graham .James, shopkeeper Burns Thos. farmer, Low Birchurst Smith William, farmer, Longhirst Moscrop William, Railway inn Drummond Jas. farmer, Denton foot Taylar Christopher, frm r. Low houses Ridley fhomas, farmer, Ivy house Elliott George, farml'r, Denton fell Thomlinson John, farmer, Cleugh hd Wilson )'latthew R. manager to Car- Fenwick John, farmer Warwick Robert, farmer, Baggarah rick's Curnberland Dairy Co. Lld Ferguson Thos. Hy. frmr.Denton hall Waugh William, farmer, The Nook UPPER DENTON. see Gilsland. DISTINGTON is a parish and village on the high of the Holy Spirit, standing on an eminence to the road from Whitehaven to Workington j the village, north of the village, was entirely rebuilt in 1886, at R which consists chiefly of one long street, has a station cost, including fittings, of £7,000 and is now an on the Cleator and Workington junction and Furness edifice in the Early English style, consisting of chancel,. joint railways, and there is also a branch line here nave, aisll's, vestry, south porch and an eastern towe.r, from Parton belonging to the London and North West­ at present incomplete, cont-aining two ancient bells re~ ern railway, but used for goods traffic only, is 4~ moved from the former church, these are of pre-Refor· miles north-north-east of Whitehaven, 3! south from mation date, one being dedicated to St. Cuthbert and Workington and 306 from London. The parish is in the other to St. Christopher; the old font, dated 166~, the Western division of the county, ward of Allerdale­ now stands in the porch; on the outsid~ 'Wall is & ~bove-Derwent, petty sessional division, union and monumental tablet to Robed Blakeney esq. d. 6 :Nov, county court district of Whitehaven and in the rural 1382 I the stained east window is a memorial to Hugh deanery of Whitehaven, archdeaconry of Westmorland Munro Mackenzie, d. 30 Jan. 1885, and the west window, and diocese of Carlisle. The village is supplied by the placed in 1894, to the latq Mrs. Robertson-Walker, of Harrington. Distington and Lowca 'Vater Commit~e Gilglirran, d. 1892, and there are three others: the with water obtained from Crummock Lake. The church church affords 300 sitting!!. The registers date from