PLUMBLAND, a parish in ALLERDALE ward below
Darwent, county of CUMBERLAND, 6 miles (N. by E.)
from Cockermouth, containing 396 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Carlisle, rated in the king's books at £20. 14. 9., and
in the patronage of C. Curwen, Esq. The church is
dedicated to St. Cuthbert. Coal and limestone abound
here, and much of the latter is burned into lime. Freestone
of an inferior quality is also obtained. There
is an excellent free school, founded in 1759, by Captain
John Sibson, who endowed it with lands now producing
an annual income of £ 87: the school-house was
erected of freestone in 1800, and contains two very
spacious rooms, one for teaching the classics, the other
for English and the mathematics; also an entrance
porch and clock tower.