BLACKWELL, or BLACKBALL (HIGH), a township
in that part of the parish of ST-CUTHBERT,
CARLISLE, which is in CUMBERLAND ward, county of
CUMBERLAND, 2 miles (S.) from Carlisle, containing
283 inhabitants. This manor was given by Margaret
de Wigton, heiress of Sir John de Wigton, to Sir Robert
Parvinge, Serjeant at law, and afterwards Lord High
Chancellor, in the reign of Edward III., for successfully
conducting her cause against Sir Robert de Bridekirk,
who had impugned her title to the barony of
Wigton. Thomas Lowrey, Esq., in 1779, bequeathed
£200, directing that one-half of the interest should be
given to a schoolmaster for teaching poor children,
and the remainder to poor widows. In 1798, Grace
Graham gave £100 to a school at Durdar, in this township.