D1STINGTON, a parish in ALLERDALE ward above Darwent, county of CUMBERLAND, 4 miles (N.B.byN.) from Whitehaven, containing 988 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at £7. 1. Of., and in the patronage of the Earl of Lonsdale. This parish stretches almost to the Irish sea, and contains coal pits, and quarries of excellent lime-stone, much of which is burnt into lime: mill-stones, and grindstones are also obtained. There are manufactories for linen-thread, hats, and edge tools. A school was erected in 1754, and is endowed with about £3 a year, arising from land then given by the parish. South of the village are the remains of Hayes castle, the ancient residence of the family of Moresby.