BECKERMET (ST-BRIDGET'S), a parish in
ALLERDALE ward above Darwent, county of CUMBERLAND,
containing, with the township of Calder in Copeland,
545 inhabitants. The village of Great Beckermet
lies partly in this parish and partly in that of Beckermet
St. John, 2 miles (s.) from Egremont. The living
is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Richmond,
and diocese of Chester, endowed with £600
royal bounty, and £200 parliamentary grant, and in
the patronage of the Rev. H. J. Todd. The church
stands about half a mile south-west of the village.
This parish is situated on the north bank of the Calder,
adjoining the ocean, and contains the sequestered
ruins of Calder abbey, described under Calder-
Bridge. Freestone is obtained here.