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Burton in Kendal in Westmorland County England History and GeographyBURTON in KENDAL, a parish comprising the market town of Burton and the township of Holme, in LONSDALE ward, and the chapelry of Preston-Patrick, in KENDAL ward, county of WESTMORLAND, and the township of Dalton, in the hundred of LONSDALE, south of the sands, county palatine of LANCASTER, and containing 1642 inhabitants, of which number, 673 are in the town of Burton, 34½ miles (S.W. by S.) from Appleby, and 251 (N.W. by N.) from London, on the road to Carlisle through Manchester. The ancient name of this place, Borton, a contraction of Borough town, is still retained by the inhabitants; it takes its adjunet from being situated in the dale, or valley of the river Ken, to distinguish it from Burton in Lancashire. The houses, many of which are ancient, are well built; and the general appearance of the town is prepossessing: the inhabitants are amply supplied with water. A communication with the Mersey, the Dee, the Humber, and the Trent, is afforded by the Kendal and Lancaster canal, but notwithstanding its favourable situation, it possesses very little trade: there are some small linen manufactories at Holme, but the principal part of the population are employed in agriculture. The market, established in 1661, and once noted for corn, is on Tuesday: the market-place is a spacious area, adjoining which are some good houses and shops, and in the centre is a neat stone cross. A fair is held on Easter Monday, for cattle and horses, which is also a statute fair. The county magistrates hold a petty session every alternate Tuesday: a manorial court is held on Whit-Monday and Martinmasday, for the renewal of fines and for the recovery of debts under 40s. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at £15. 17., and endowed with £400 private benefaction, and £400 royal bounty, and in the patronage of Mrs. Johnstone. The church, dedicated to St. James, is a plain ancient structure, with a square tower: the pulpit, and the canopy over it, are richly carved; and there are two sepulchral chapels belonging to Dalton and Preston halls: in the church-yard is a monument to the memory of William Cockin, author of the ';Rural Sabbath' and other literary productions. There is a place of worship for Independents. The grammar school has an income of £50 per annum, the produce of various benefactions since the year 1657: the premises, which are neat and commodious, were erected by subscription in 1817: it has recently sustained a considerable loss from the bankruptcy of an individual who held a great part of the endowment, and is likely henceforward to be conducted on a more limited plan. Gerard Langbaine, Dr. William Lancaster, and Dr. Launcelot Dawes, (prebendary of Carlisle, and forty-eight years vicar of this parish,) eminent literary characters in the reign of Charles I., were natives of this town. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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