RENWICK, a parish in LEATH ward, county of
CUMBERLAND, 3 miles (E.N.E.) from Kirk-Oswald,containing
364 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle, endowed
with £200 private benefaction, and £800 royal bounty,
and in the patronage of the Bishop of Carlisle. The
church, dedicated to All Saints, was rebuilt in 1733, at
the expense of the parishioners. There is a place of
worship for Wesleyan Methodists, with a Sunday school
attached.