MORLAND, a parish in WEST ward, county of WESTMORLAND, comprising the chapelries of Bolton and Thrimby, and the townships of Kings-Meaburn, Morland, Newby, Sleagill, Great Strickland, and Little Strickland, and containing 1911 inhabitants, of which number, 3?2 are in the township of Morland, 6 miles (W.X.W.) from Appleby. The living is a discharged v iearage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of .Carlisle, rated in the king's books at £ 11. 18., and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is a large ancient edifice. There is a "place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists, also a meeting-house, with a burial-ground attached, belonging to the Society of Friends. The river Lyvennet through the parish, the northern and western boundaries of which are formed by the river Leeth, and the eastern by the Eden. An abundance of limestone and some coal are obtained here. A free school, erected and partly supported by subscription, has been endowed, by the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle, with £ 16 a year and thirty acres of waste land, enclosed before 1800: the master's annual stipend is upwards of £30, for which about forty children are instructed. At Chapelgarth there formerly stood a chapel, dedicated to St. Mary. Bewley castle, of which there are still some vestiges, often afforded security to the Bishops of Carlisle during the border warfare, when driven from their visual residence, Rose castle, by the Scots. Within the parish are the remains of a monastic building, and several old halls, now converted into farm-houses.