CLIBURN; a parish in WEST ward, county of
WESTMORLAND, 7 miles (N. W. by W.) from Appleby,
containing 205 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
"rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle,
rated in the king's books at £9. 1. 5., and in- the patronage
of the Bishop of Carlisle.. The church is dedicated
to St. Cuthbert. This parish is bounded on two
sides by the Eden and the Lyvennet, and the Lethe rivulet
flows through it. A small school has been established
for the education of the children of parishioners, endowed
with an allotment of land by the commissioners
under an act of parliament, which produces an income
of £21 per annum; the average number of scholars is
twenty. A market was held at Gilshauglin, in this
parish, in 1598, when the plague raged at Appleby.