CROGLIN, a parish in LEATH ward, county of CUMBERLAND,
5 miles (N, N. E.) from Kirk-Oswald, containing
348 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle, rated in the
king's books at £8, and in the patronage of H. Chaytor,
Esq. and others. The church is dedicated to St. John
the Baptist. The river Croglin bounding it on the south,
gives its name to this parish: veins of coal extend through
it, and there are quarries of limestone and red free-,
stone, besides a species of porphyry, or bastard marble.
The land is chiefly mountainous, with a remarkable
lofty eminence, named Croglin fell. In a deep vale on
the north side of the river is the village, near which are
the remains of an old border fortification, termed Scarromanwick.
The school, built by subscription in 1724,
is endowed with the interest of £50, given in 1723
by the Rev. J. Hunter, then rector, and an allotment
of twenty-four acres, appropriated on the enclosure
of waste lands pursuant to an act passed in 1808,
yielding about £24 per annum j thirty-five children are
taught.