ESKDALE, a chapelry, joint with Wasdale, in that
part of the parish of ST-BEES which is in ALLERDALE
ward above Darwent, county of CUMBERLAND, 7 miles
(N. E. by E.) from Ravenglass, containing, with the
township of Wasdale-head,. 296. inhabitants. The
living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of
Richmond, and diocese of Chester, endowed with £400
private benefaction, and £800 royal bounty. G. E.
Stanley, Esq. was patron in 1814. The chapel is dedicated
to St. Catherine. There is a small sum for the
education of children.