MURTON, a township in the parish of BoNGATE, or ST-MICHAEL-APPLEBY, EAST ward, county of WESTMORLAND, 3 miles (E. N. E.) from Appleby, containing 204 inhabitants. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. A school is endowed with about £8 per annum. Some veins of lead-ore are now in operation.