HELSINGTON, a chapelry in that part of the
parish of KENDAL which is in KENDAL ward, county
of WESTMORLAND, 4 miles (S. W. by S.) from Kendal,
containing 268 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese
of Chester, endowed with £9. 15. per annum and £400
private benefaction, and £600 royal bounty, and in the
patronage of the Vicar of Kendal. The chapel, dedicated
to St. John, was founded in 1726, by John Jackson,
of Holeslack, who likewise endowed it with an estate.
A school, erected by subscription, is supported by
annual collections.