HENSINGHAM, a chapelry in the parish of ST-BEES,
ALLERDALE ward above Darwent, county of CUMBERLAND,
1 mile (S. E.) from Whitehaven, containing
860 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in
ihe archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese of Chester,
and in the patronage of the Earl of Lonsdale. The
village, occupying an elevated site, commands an interesting
view of the town and harbour of Whitehaven:
there are some neat villas in the neighbourhood. A
school is supported by subscription. There is a manufactory
for thread and check; and at Overend a large
quantity of limestone is obtained and burnt. Archbishop
Grindal was born here in 1519, and died in 1583.