BISPHAM, a chapelry in the parish of CROSTON, hundred of LEYLAND, county palatine of LANCASTER, 6 miles (N. E. by E.) from Ormskirk, containing 254 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, and in the patronage of the Trustees of the founders of the chapel, which is dedicated to St. John. A free grammar school, founded by Richard Durning, in 1692, is endowed with an estate producing about £200 per annum.