LORTON, a parish in ALLERDALE ward above Darwent, county of CUMBERLAND, comprising the chapelry of Wythop, and the townships of Brackenthwaite and Lorton, and containing 593 inhabitants, of which number, 353 are in the township of Lorton, 3 miles (S. E. by S.) from Coclcermouth. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese of Chester, endowed with £200 private benefaction, £1000 royal bounty, and £600 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Earl of Lonsdale. The church is dedicated to St. Cuthbert. A school is endowed with the interest of £100.