Description
Bootle, a town and a parish in Cumberland. the town stands at the junction of two streams not far from the Whitehaven and Furness railway, about 1 1/2 mile from the shore, and 6 1/2 miles S by E of Eavenglass, and it has a station on the railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Carnforth. It consists chiefly of a single street; yet possesses interest for tourists in some charming environs, and is a polling-place. A market was formerly held, and there are fairs on 27 April and 24 Sept. The parish comprises 6777 acres of land and 1159 of water and foreshore; population, 783. Part of the surface is Bootle Fell, and part is the northern skirt and ascent of the Black Combe Mountain. Remains of a Roman camp are on Esk-MeaIs Common; and the east window of the chapel of a Benedictine nunnery, founded by a daughter of Henry de Boyvill, fourth lord of Millom, is still standing at Seaton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle; tithe commuted at ?440. Patron, the Earl of Lonsdale. The church is partly ancient, of Early English date, with Saxon vestiges ; underwent repair in 1837 ; was reseated in oak and thoroughly restored in 1891; has a pinnacled tower 90 feet high, built in 1862; and contains an octagonal font of red sandstone, and a brass of Sir Hugh Askew, who was knighted at the battle of Pinkie. There is a Congregational chapel and a workhouse.