MIDDLETON, a chapelry in the parish of KIRKBY-LONSDALE,
LONSDALE ward, county of WESTMORLAND,
3 miles (N. by E.) from Kirkby-Lonsdale, containing
252 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed
to the vicarage of Kirkby-Lonsdale, in the archdeaconry
of Richmond, and diocese of Chester, endowed
with £400 private benefaction, and £600 royal
bounty. The chapel, dedicated to the Holy Ghost, was
built at the expense of the inhabitants, in 1634, on
ground given by Dr. Christopher Bainbridge, a native
of this place. A school has been erected by subscription,
and is endowed with about £10 per annum for
teaching poor children. A battle is stated to have been
fought here between the English and the Scots: many
human bones have been discovered near the old bridge.