SLYNE, a township, joint with Hest, in the parish
of BOLTON-le-SANDS, hundred of LONSDALE, south of
the sands, county palatine of LANCASTER, 2 miles (N.)
from Lancaster, containing 317 inhabitants. At Hest
bank, in this township, a breakwater was constructed
in 1820, along the side of which vessels from Liverpool
and Glasgow load and unload their cargoes; and, by
means of a canal extending to within a short distance
of the shore, a considerable trade is carried on with
Kendal and other inland places. The road across the
sands to Ulverstone commences at Hest; and the great
road to Kendal, Carlisle, and Glasgow, passes through
the village of Slyne. Courts leet and baron are held
here. There are traces of salt-works which formerly
existed in the neighbourhood.