KIRKBY-STEVEN, or Stephen's Church, a town of Westmoreland, 257 miles from London, stands on the river Eden near Sedbergh and Asgarth. The church is a large building with a lofty tower; in it are several old monuments. Here is a good free school that has two exhibitions. The town is noted for the manufactory of yarn stockings; and it contained 1235 inhabitants in 1811.