ALDINGHAM, a parish in the hundred of LONSDALE,
north of the sands, county palatine of LANCASTER,
5 miles (S.) from Ulverstone, comprising the
townships of Upper Aldingham, Lower Aldingham,
Glaston, and Leece, and containing 760 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Richmond,
and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at
£39.19.2., and in the patronage of the Crown. The
church is dedicated to St. Cuthbert. The sea has encroached
upon a considerable part of the parish, in consequence
of which the church, said to have been formerly
in the centre of it, is now within the reach of a
high tide. In the vicinity is an elevated promontory,
commanding extensive views into Westmorland and
Yorkshire, and surrounded by a moat, which is supposed
to have been used as a "look-out," during the
incursions of the Picts and Scots.