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Brigham in Cumberland County England History and GeographyBRIGHAM, a parish in ALLERDALE ward above Darwent, county of CUMBERLAND, comprising the borough and market-town of Cockermouth, the chapelries of Buttermere, Embleton, Mosser, and Setmurthey, and the towaships of Blindbothel, Brigham, Eaglesfield, Graysouthen, and Whinfell, and containing 6037 inhabitants, of which number, 390 are in the township of Brigham, 2 miles (W.) from Cockermouth. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at £20.16.½., and in the gift of the Earl of Lonsdale. The church, dedicated to St. Bridget, is an ancient structure standing on the southern bank of the Darwent, about half a mile from the village, which is situated on an eminence commanding a richly diversified prospect, and contains some respectable dwelling-houses. Bassenthwaite, Buttermere, Crummock, and Loweswater lakes, and the rivers Darwent and Maron, form the boundaries of the parish, which is also intersected by the river Cocker: it contains quarries of limestone, freestone, and blue slate, and a mine of coal. The surface is hilly, but the eminences are now chiefly under cultivation, the waste lands having been enclosed. Brigham is within the honour of Cockermouth, and the copyhold tenants attend at the court of dimissions held there at Christmas, and at the court leet held at Easter and Michaelmas, belonging to the Earl of Egremont, as lord paramount. On the enclosure of the common a small parcel of land was allotted toward endowing the school. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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