KIRKLAND, a township in the parish of GARSTANG,
hundred of AMOUNDERNESS, county palatine of LANCASTER,
2 miles (S.W.) from Garstang, containing 511
inhabitants. In 1778, Margaret Butler gave £200 for
the erection of . a school-house, and endowed it with
£ 100; augmentations were made, in 1788, by Jane
Butler's bequest of £240, and in 1813, by Mrs. Elizabeth
Cromholme's gift of £200; the annual income is £36,
and eleven children, are instructed gratuitously.