Dalston, Cumberland

Description
Dalston, a village and parish in Cumberland. The village lies on the river Caldew, adjacent to the Carlisle and Mary-port railway, 4 1/2 miles SW by S of Carlisle, and has a station on the railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office (R.S.O.) The parish contains also Buckabank, Cumdivock, Hawksdale, Ivegill, Gatergill, and Raughton. Acreage, 12,417; population of the civil parish, 2004; of the ecclesi- astical parish, 1596. The manor belongs to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. Rose Castle is the Bishop's seat, and will be separately noticed. Dalston Hall, now a farmhouse, was a castellated seat of the Dalstons. There are cotton factories and forges. There are also a Roman camp, a barrow, and remains of a Druidical circle. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle; net value, £246 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Carlisle. The church has a curious bell-gable, and was restored in 1890 at a cost of £2500. Dr. Paley was vicar from 1776 till 1793. There is a grammar school and a Primitive Methodist chapel.