DEARHAM, a parish in ALLERDALE ward below
Darwent, county of CUMBERLAND, comprising the townships
of Dearham, and Ellenborongh with Unerigg,
and containing 1136 inhabitants, of which number, 51&
are in the township of Dearham, 6 miles (N. W.) from,
Cockermouth The living is a discharged vicarage, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle, rated in the
king's books at £4. 13. 4., endowed with £200 private
benefaction, £400 royal bounty, and £1000 parliamentary
grant, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Carlisle.
The church, originally of Norman architecture,
was much modernised by repairs in 1814; it has an
ancient and curiously carved font, and in the churchyard
is a sculptured cross. There are extensive collieries,
and a manufactory for pottery-ware in the parish;
a considerable quantity of the coal is shipped at Maryport
adjoining. Ewan Christian, Esq., in 1715, endowed
a school with about -.£10 per annum. Near
Unerigg-hall is the site of an old castle.