CUMWHITTON, a parish in ESKDALE ward, county
of CUMBERLAND, comprising the townships of Cumwhitton,
and Moorthwaite with Northsceugh, and containing
544 inhabitants, of which number, 285 are in.
the township of Cumwhitton, 9 miles (E. S. E.) from
Carlisle. The living is a. perpetual curacy, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle, endowed with £400
private benefaction, £600 royal bounty, and £300 parliamentary
grant, and in Ijhe patronage of the Dean and
Chapter of Carlisle. The church is dedicated to St.
Mary. On an eminence called "King Harry" is a
Druidical temple, the stones of which, ninety in number,
are placed in a circular position, and the lines of
ancient intrenchments may be traced on the common.