ASKERTON, a township in the parish of LANERCOST-
ABBEY, ESKDALE ward, county of CUMBERLAND,
6 miles (N.N.E.) from Brampton, containing 5 03 inhabitants.
The castle, situated on the eastern bank of the
Cambeck, was a small tower building with lofty turrets,
but it has long been in ruins. Askerton comprises the
ancient parish of Kirk-Cambeck, the church of which
was destroyed by the Scots in the reign of Edward II.,
and the tithes ave held on lease from the Dean and
Chapter of Carlisle: the inhabitants repair to the
church of Lanercost for the performance of ecclesiastical
rites.