WABERTHWAITE, a parish in ALLERDALE ward
above Darwent, county of CUMBERLAND, 1 mile (E.
S. E.) from Ravenglass, containing 138 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Richmond, and diocese of Chester, rated in the,
king's books at #3. 11. 8., endowed with £400 royal
bounty, and in the patronage of Lord Muncaster. The
church is dedicated to St. John. The parish forms an
inclined plans from the mountains to the river Esk,
which bounds it on the north-west.