BASSENTHWAITE, a parish in ALLERDALE ward below Darwent, county of CUMBERLAND, 5 miles (N.W. by N.) from Keswick, containing 53? inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle, and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle. The church is dedicated to St. Bridget. The parish includes a portion of the lofty mountain Skiddaw, which is situated at its southeastern extremity: it is intersected by the river Darwent, and contains the beautiful lake of Bassenthwaite, or Broadwater, which covers about fifteen hundred acres of ground, being enriched throughout with scenery of a sublime character. There is a mine of antimony in the neighbourhood, and lead-ore has also been found. A school-house has been erected by subscription, but it has no endowment.