SILVERDALE, a chapelry in the parish of WARTON, hundred of LONSDALE, south of the sands, county palatine of LANCASTER, 4 miles (W. by S.) from Burton in Kendal, containing 243 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese of Chester, endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £ 600 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Vicar of Warton. The chapel has lately received an addition of two hundred and seven free sittings, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £80 towards defraying the expense. The parish is situated on Morecambe bay.