a town of Cumberland, situated on the side of a lake in a fruitful plain, almost encompassed with mountains, called the Derwent Fells. It was formerly a town of good note, but now is much decayed. However, it is still noted for its mines and miners, who have a convenient smelting-house on the side of the river Derwent, the stream of which is so managed as to make it work the bellows, hammers, and forge, as also to saw boards. There is a workhouse here for employing the poor of this parish and that of Crossthwait. W. Long. 3. O. N. Lat. 54. 30.