PLUMPTON, a township, joint with Westby, in the
parish of KIRKHAM, hundred of AMOUNDERNESS, county
palatine of LANCASTER, 3 miles (W. by N.) from'Kirkham.
The population is returned with Westby. There
is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. This
place was celebrated, no less than five centuries ago, for
its mines of iron, and a considerable quantity of ore
is still obtained at Whitrigs, in the neighbourhood.