CONISTON (MONK), a township, joint with Skelwith, in the parish of HAWKESHEAD, hundred of LONSDALE, north of the sands, county palatine of LANCASTER, 4 miles (W. by N.) from Hawlceshead, containing, with Slcelwith, 426 inhabitants. The village, consisting of groups of houses and neat cottages covered with slate, the produce of the adjacent mountains, is beautifully situated at the head of Coniston lake; this lake extends from north to south about six miles, is half a mile across its widest part, and in depth, at some places, not less than forty fathoms, abounding with char.