*COCKERMOUTH, (Cumberland) 10 m. from Whitehaven, 20 from Carlisle, 226 cm. 267 mm. from London, is almost surrounded with the Cokar and Derwent, the former of which divides it into two parts, that communicate by good stone bridges. 'Tis a populous trading T. with a harbour for vessels of good burden, and a castle, mostly in ruins, which bel. formerly to the Earls of Northumberland, and since to the D. of Somerset, in right of his first Dutchess, the only heiress of the Piercys. 'Tis a neat built T. bet. 2 hills, on one of which is the castle, and on the other the Ch. The D. of Somerset's auditor keeps a court here twice a year, and his bailiff has the only apartment habitable in the castle, with barns and stables. The chief magistrate here is a bailiff, chose yearly at the D. of Somerset's courts, by a jury of 16 burghers. It was represented in Pt. once in the R. of Edw. I. and once again in that of Edw. III. but not afterwards, till 1640. The Mt. is on M. and the Fairs on Whitsun-M. and Michaelmasday. The Ch. which was first built by the Lucys, in the R. of Edw. III. was entirely rebuilt from the ground, all but the tower, in 1711, by virtue of a brief. Here was formerly a chantry.