Victoria County History (Cumbria) Project Form 2 (Institutions) Place Pre-1974 County Ward Ancient parish (i.e. subject of VCH article) (delete as appropriate) (delete as appropriate) Wythop CUMBERLAND Allerdale Above Brigham Checklist of sources to be consulted Please use the following abbreviations to indicate the source of information: 1687 Denton 1829 P&W 1873 PO OS 1st ed. [give date of survey] 1847 M&W [for Cumberland] 1901 Bulmer [for Cumberland] OS 2nd ed. [give date of revision] 1851 Mannex [for Westmorland] 1906 Bulmer [for Westmorland] 1. Places of worship St Margaret’s Church erected 1865-6. (Bulmer) Old Chapel (nr. Kelswick Farm, S. of Sale Fell) erected 1673 (Bulmer), became ruinous between OS1 and OS2. 2. Schools National School in Wythop Mill (Embleton C.P.) also serves Wythop C.P. 3. Industrial sites Mines and Quarries Quarries above W. shore of Bassenthwaite Lake and at Lothwaite Side (OS2). Old Quarries at Castle How, Sale Fell and W. side of Bass Lake.(OS2) Sand Pit at Dubwath.(OS2) Mills (specify type, e.g. corn; fulling; saw; woollen; cotton; paper) Water corn mill in Wythop Mill (in Wythop C.P.) (OS1, P&W). 2 corn millers listed under Wythop Township in 1847 M&W, however the two corn mills in Wythop Mill lie one in Embleton C.P. and one in Wythop C.P. Factories Other 4. Community Organisations (e.g. friendly societies; working men’s clubs; sports societies; literary societies; reading rooms) None identified. Other matters which might affect the length/complexity of the article The history associated with the old manor of Wythop. The ancient farmhouse (‘fortified hall of the Lowthers built 1319’) Wythop Hall. The complexity of the parish boundary in Wythop Mill – WM belonging neither to Embleton nor Wythop C.P. (Boundary very complex on OS1. Globe Inn listed as Embleton C.P. in P&W 1829, as Wythop C.P. in M&W 1847. Boundary simplified on OS2 but no boundary change described in census returns.) Hilltop fort at Castle How (Peel Wyke). Railway Station (‘Peel Wyke’ OS1, ‘Bassenthwaite Lake’ OS2) .