ARTHURET, a parish in ESKDALE ward, county of CUMBERLAND, f of a mile (S.) from Longtown, comprising the townships of Brackenhill, Lineside, Longtown, and Netherby, and containing 2953 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle, rated in the king's books at £3. 2.1., and in the patronage of Sir J. Graham, Bart. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, was rebuilt in 1609, with the exception of the tower, which was not completed till 16QO. In the churchyard is a rude cross, with a pierced capital, near which were interred the remains of Archibald Armstrong, court jester to James I, and Charles I., who was a native of this parish. Arthuret is situated on the border of Scotland; and at the chapel of Solom, a small oratory, which anciently stood near the spot called the Chapel Flosh, commis* sioners from England and Scotland met, in 1343, to settle the boundaries of the respective countries. On Solom Moss, the Scots, under Oliver Sinclair, were defeated by Sir Thomas Wharton, Lord Warden of the English Marches, in 1543. The parish was formerly much larger than it is at present, the adjoining parish of Kirk-Andrews having been separated from it in the reign of Charles I.: it includes part of the ancient parish of Easton; there are quarries of white and red freestone within its limits. A school, in which eight children are educated, was founded by Lady Widdrington, in 1754, and endowed with property producing £40 per annum.