NICHOL-FOREST, a chapelry in the parish of
KIRK-ANDREWS-upon-ESK, ESKDALE ward, county of
CUMBERLAND, lOf miles (N. E. by N.) from Longtown,
containing 795 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle,
endowed with £1000 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of the Rector of Kirk-Andrews upon Esk. The chapel,
situated at Kingfield, was rebuilt in 1812. - There is a
small charity school. The Liddel and Kershope rivers,
which separate the chapelry from Scotland, form here
some beautiful cascades, and from the bed of the former
rises a chalybeate spring, called Hert-fell Spa, the water
of which is strongly impregnated with alum. Armstrong,
the poet, was born in this neighbourhood.