NEWTON-RIGNY, a parish in LEATH ward, county
of CUMBERLAND, 3 miles (W. N. TV.) from Penrith,
containing, with the townships of Catterlen andNewton-
Rigny, 250 inhabitants, of which number, 126 are in the
township of Newton-Rigny. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle,
endowed with £400 private benefaction, £200 royal
bounty, and £300 parliamentary grant, and in the
patronage of the Bishop of Carlisle. The river Petterel
runs through the parish.