DREGG, a parish in ALLERDALE ward above
Darwent, county of CUMBERLAND, comprising the
townships of Carieton and Dregg, and containing 433
inhabitants, of which number, 289 are in the township
of Dregg, 3 miles (N.W. by N.) from Ravenglass. The
living is a perpetual curacy, hi the archdeaconry of
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Richmond, and diocese of Chester, endowed with £800
royal bounty, and in the patronage of Lord Muncaster.
The church is dedicated to St. Peter. Joseph Walker, in
1727, gave £260, now producing £11. 14. per annum,
for the education of the children of such of the parishioners
as had previously contributed towards the erection
of a school-house. A school-room was built in
1828, by the Rev. William Thompson, a native of the
parish, the master of which is to teach eight children, for
1d. entrance, and 1s. per quarter each; and he is allowed
to admit others upon his own terms: the superintendence,
is vested in seven trustees, one of whom, the Bishop
of Chester, is appointed visitor. The parish anciently
abounded with oaks, from which it seems to have
derived its name, Derigh or Dergh signifying, in the
Celtic tongue, oak; it is intersected by the river Irt,
bounded on the south by the Mite, and on the west by
the Irish sea, near the shore of which, there is a powerful
chalybeate spring.