a small market and borough town of England, in the county of Westmoreland, of which it is the capital, 13 miles from Penrith. It is situated on a hill, which is crowned by a very ancient castle, and is almost surrounded by the river Eden, which is here crossed by a fine old stone bridge. It consists chiefly of one broad irregularly built street. Its principal buildings are the castle, two churches, market-house, town and shire halls, gaol, hospital for thirteen widows, and the grammar-school, which has six exhibitions at Queen's College, Oxford. It is governed by a mayor, twelve aldermen, and sixteen burgesses, and previous to the Reform Act, by which it was disfranchised, it sent two members to Parliament. The town possesses little trade, and its population is decreasing. In 1851 it was 883.