IRTON, a parish in ALLERDALE ward above Darwent,
county of CUMBERLAND, 4 miles (N. by E.)
from Ravenglass, containing, with the joint township of
Santon with Melthwaite, 566 inhabitants. The living is
a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Richmond,
and diocese of Chester, endowed with £1000 royal
bounty, and in the patronage of Lord Muncaster. The
church is dedicated to St. Paul. The rivers Irt and Mite
run through the parish. A great variety of granite is
obtained near Irton hall. Henry Caddy, in 1716, gave
£ 150 towards the foundation of a free school; which sum,
with .accumulations and an allotment of land assigned
at the time of the enclosure, produces about £ 12 per
annum for the master.