EGTON, a chapelry in the parish of ULVERSTONE,
hundred of LONSDALE, north of the sands, county palatine
of LANCASTER, 3 miles (N.N.E.) from Ulverstone,
containing 470 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese of
Chester, endowed with £400 royal bounty, and £1200
parliamentary grant. Mr. and Mrs. Machell were patrons
in 1792. The chapel is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin
Mary. Iron-ore obtained here is considered the richest
hitherto found in the kingdom, and a large furnace
for smelting it has been established for centuries.
At Greenodd, a creek within the limits of the port
of Lancaster, a considerable quantity of iron, in bars,
copper-ore, slate, hoops, tanned leather, gunpowder,
pyroligneous acid, and other articles of merchandise,
are shipped for Liverpool, Glasgow, and Whitehaven.
Henry Lindow, in 1735, gave certain property, now pror
ducing about £6 per annum, for the support of a school,
for which eight children receive instruction.