ELLENBOROUGH, a township in the parish of DEARHAM, ALLERDALE ward below Darwent, county of CUMBERLAND, 1 mile (E.S.E.) from Maryport, containing, with Unerigg, 621 inhabitants. It partakes in the benefit of the school at Unerigg, founded in 1718 by Ewan Christian, Esq. Coal is obtained near the village. This was an important Roman station, which Camden and Baxter consider to have been Volantium, Horsley, Firosidum and. others, Olenacum. Camden says that the first band of the Dalmatians was quartered here. There is, perhaps, no station in Britain where a greater number of altars and inscribed tablets has been found, many of which are preserved in the adjoining mansion and grounds of Netherhall. The Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Law, late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, derived his title from this place, having been created Baron Ellenborough in 1802, which title is now enjoyed by his eldest son.