ALLONBY, a chapelry in that part of the parish of BROMFIELD which is in ALLERDALE ward below Darwent, county of CUMBERLAND, 9 miles (N. N. W.) from Cockermouth, containing 709 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle, endowed with £400 private benefaction, £600 royal bounty, and £1000 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Vicar of Bromfield. The chapel, dedicated to Christ, was built at the expense of Dr. Thomlinson and some relatives, in 1744. There is a meeting-house for the Society of Friends. The village stands on the coast of Allonby bay, which opens to the Solway Firth and the Irish sea, and is much frequented as a bathing-place, the sands being extremely smooth and firm. It was noted for a herring fishery, but this has failed, owing to the herrings having deserted the neighbouring sea; a few of the inhabitants are, however, still occupied in fishing. A school, in which ten children are instructed gratuitously, was endowed, in 1755, by Mrs. Thomlinson, relict of Dr. Thomlinson, with £100, since laid out in land producing £7-10. per annum. Six cottages, forming the wings of a dwelling-house erected by Thomas Richardson, Esq., of Stamford Hill, London, a native of this place, are appropriated as rent-free residences to as many poor families. A court baron is held annually. Captain Joseph Huddart, F. R. S., an eminent naval engineer and hydrographer, who died in 1826, was born here, in 1741.