SKIRWITH, a township in the parish of KIRKLAND,
LEATH ward, county of CUMBERLAND, 7 miles (E.
N. E.) from Penrith, containing 238 inhabitants. There
is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. A school
was erected by subscription in 1828, towards which
Lady le Fleming and W. Parker, Esq. each contributed
£20. The mansion of the latter is supposed to occupy
the site of a preceptory of Knights Templars.