LAMPLUGH, a parish in ALLERDALE ward above Darwent, county of CUMBERLAND, 8 miles (E.N.E.) from Whitehaven, comprising the townships of Ketton- Quarter, Lamplugh, Murton, or Moor Town, and Winder, and containing 661 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at £ 10. 4. 7. The Trustees of E. Copeley, Esq. were patrons in 1817. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. The parish is bounded on the east by Loweswater and Crummockwater 5 and two branches of the river Marron have their source here. There are extensive quarries of limestone, and some of freestone; and near the ancient hall is a mineral spring} the water of which is powerfully astringent. Richard Briscoe, Esq., in 1747, gave a rent-charge of £ 12, partly to the poor, and partly for the instruction of twelve children.