HESKET-NEWMARKET, a market-town in the
township of CALDBECK-HALTCLIFFE, parish of CALDBECK,
ALLERDALE ward below Darwent, county of
CUMBERLAND, 14 miles (S. S.W.) from Carlisle, and 297
(N.N. W.) from London. The population is returned
With the township. This is a small, but neat and compact
town, situated in a secluded and romantic district,
on the western side of the river Caldew. The surrounding
country is mountainous, and contains mines of lead,
copper, and manganese. At Carrickbeck, in the neighbourhood,
are smelting-works for the lead-ore. The
market, which is held on Friday, is but inconsiderable;
but there are well-frequented fairs on the first Friday in
May, and every alternate Friday till Whitsuntide, for cattle;
and the last Thursday in August, and the second
Thursday in October, for sheep. Here is a place of
worship for the Society of Friends. Near the town is
a petrifying spring, issuing from a rock on the margin
of the river.