FLIMBY, a parish in ALLERDALE ward below Barwent,
county of CUMBERLAND, 8 miles (S. by "W.) from
Maryport, containing, exclusively of seamen, 376 inhabitants.
The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Carlisle, endowed with £600
royal bounty, and £ 1400 parliamentary grant, and in
the patronage of the Landowners. The church, which
was rebuilt in 1794, is dedicated to St. Nicholas. This
parish was anciently a chapelry in the parish of Cammerton,
from which it was separated in 1545; it lies on
the sea coast, and abounds with coal.