PARTON, a township in the parish of MORESBY, ALLERDALE ward above Darwent, county of CUMBERLAND, 1 mile (N.) from Whitehaven, containing 496 inhabitants. There is a place of worship for Independents. Several vessels were employed here in the coal trade until 1795, when the pier was washed away by an unusually high tide, since which the harbour has been resorted to by only a few fishing-boats; north of the village is an extensive iron-foundry. Some years ago a tunnel was constructed through Rednees point, in continuation of a railway from the neighbouring coalworks to Whitehaven. A free school was erected, in 1818, by Joseph Williamson, Esq., with an endowment of £42 per annum, to which Chilwell Williamson, Esq. has since bequeathed a house for the master, who teaches sixty children.