Description
Beckermet, St John, a parish in Cumberland, on the coast and on the Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont railway, extending from Beckermet township north-westward to Ehen-side£the river Ehen dividing Lowside Quarter, St Bees, from St John's. Post town, Beckermet under Carnforth. Acreage, 2946; population, 682. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle; net value, £168 with residence. The present church is modern. Old stones found on rebuilding in 1879 gave proof of a very ancient structure on the site.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
