BLAWITH, a chapelry in the parish of ULVERSTONE, hundred of LONSDALE, north of the sands, county palatine of LANCASTER, 7 miles (N.) from Ulverstone, containing 190 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese of Chester, endowed with £800 royal bounty, and in the patronage of T. R. G. Braddyll, Esq. In 1772, Margaret Lancaster bequeathed £50, and, in 1777, "William Lancaster gave £110 to trustees, directing the produce to be applied toward the support of a school: a school-room has been built by the inhabitants, but. only four children' are taught gratuitously.