AIKTON, a parish in the ward and county of CUMBERLAND,
comprising the townships of Aikton, Biglands
with Gamelsby, Wampool, and Wiggonby, and
containing 706 inhabitants, of which number, 249 are
in the township of Aikton, 4 miles (N. N. E.) from
Wigton. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Carlisle, rated in the king's books at
£14. 13. 1., and in the patronage of the Earl of Lonsdale.
The church is.dedicated to St. Andrew.