Lamplugh, Cumberland

Description
Lamplugh, a village and a parish in Cumberland. The village lies on the SE of the Cleator and Egremont railway, on the Man-on Junction, near Rowrah and Wright Green stations, 9 miles ENE of Whitehaven, and has a post office under Cockermouth; money order and telegraph office, Frizington. The parish contains also Kelton, Murton, and Winder, and extends to Lowes Water, Acreage, 6342; population, 1180. The Lamplugh estate belonged in the time of Henry II., and long afterwards, to the Lamplugh family, who made a considerable figure in military achievements, and belongs now to the Brooksbanks family. Lamplugh Hall, the seat of the Brooksbanks, was recently replaced by a modern farmhouse, but a gateway which led to it, inscribed with the year 1595, still stands. Iron ore is mined, and limestone and freestone are quarried. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle; net value, £199 with residence. The church is ancient, consists of chance!, nave, S porch, and a bell-turret. It was restored in 1870, and a stained E window was erected in 1882. There are a church mission room and a Primitive Methodist chapel at Kelton.