EAGLESFIELD, a township in the parish of BRIGHAM,
ALLERDALE ward above Darwent, county of
CUMBERLAND, 2 miles (S. W. byW.) from Cockermouth,
containing 405 inhabitants. It is one of the " five
towns" annexed to the honour of Cockermouth. On
the enclosure of Eaglesfield and Blindbothel commons,
about 1814, twenty acres of land were set apart for the
establishment of a school, in which all the poor children
of those two townships may be educated, on payment
of a small quarterage. The township abounds with excellent
limestone, and some years since a Roman paved
way was discovered in it.