FARLAM, a parish in ESKDALE ward, county of
CUMBERLAND, comprising the townships of East Farlam,
and West Farlam, and containing 663 inhabitants,
of which number, 491 are in the township of East Farlam,
3 miles (E. by S.) from Brampton, and 172 in that
of West Farlam. The living is a perpetual curacy, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle, endowed with
£800 royal bounty, and £1000 parliamentary grant, and
in the patronage, of the Earl of Carlisle, The church is
dedicated to St. Thomas a Beeket, A considerable quanF
tity of limestone is obtained and burnt: there are coalworks
in the adjoining parish of Hayton.