Bampton, Westmoreland

Description
Bampton, a village and a parish in Westmoreland. The village stands on the river Lowther, 2 miles NNE of Hawes Water, 5 NW of Shap railway station, and 9 S of Penrith, and it has a post office under Penrith. The parish extends upward to Hawes Water, and includes part of Mardale chapelry. Acreage, 10,925; population, 475. A spot not far from the village was the scene of a skirmish in the rebellion of 1745. The living is a discharged vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle; net value, £170 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Lonsdale. The church is good. A grammar school, founded in 1627, has a small endowment, and there are other charities. There is also a Wesleyan chapel here. Dr Mill, the biblical critic, Bishop Gibson, the editor of "Camden," and Judge Wilson, were educated at the grammar school; and Bishop Law, the friend of Paley, and Dr Gibson, the author of a system of anatomy, were natives.