GRAYSOUTHEN, a township in the parish of
BRIGHAM, ALLERDALE ward above Darwent, county
of CUMBERLAND, 3 miles (W. by S.) from Cockermouth,
containing 416 inhabitants. There are two
collieries, a sickle manufactory, and a flax-mill in
which linen thread is spun. An allotment of land, the
annual rental of which is £25, was appropriated, at
the time of enclosing the common, to the education of
children.