History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cumberland (1847) by Mannix & Whellan.


From the section on Dalston parish (excerpted here):
"Ivegill, or High Head township, contains 1651 acres, the property of several proprietors, many of whom are resident, and the other principal owners are lord Brougham, T.G. Bradyll, Esq., W. Blamire, Esq., and Mrs. Wilson. It is situated on the banks of the Ive rivulet, 4 miles S. by W. of Dalston. Here, in a romantic situation, on the brinks of a precipice, stands High Head Castle, formerly occupied by the Richmonds, but now only a farm house. It has no remains of strength or grandeur, except a gateway tower, with an exploratory turret at one corner, and the curtain wall with the shattered remains of a tower above the rivulet. About the middle of the last century, it was repaired, and the apartments finished in a most sumptuous manner, by a Mr. Brougham, but its only tenements for some time after were "swallows and jackdaws:" it was at length let to a farmer. The manor of High Head, or Pela de Hivehead, as anciently written, was long held by the Hercla family, but on the attainder of Andrew, earl of Carlisle, it was forfeited to the crown, and was granted to Ranulph de Dacre. It was held by William L'Englise, in the 18th of Edward III [1344] by the service of delivering a red rose at the king's exchequer, in Carlisle. In the reign of Henry VIII it was held by William Restwood, who sold both the castle and manor to John Richmond, Esq., whose descendants have since possessed them. The tenants pay arbitrary fines, and do boon service. Here is a Chapel of Ease, to Dalston, and now under the ministry of the Revd. Richard Dugdale, B.A. It was erected by William, son of William L'Englise, and stands close to the castle. The advowson has always been vested in 16 trustees, chosen from the different hamlets in the chapelry, which appears to include Middlesceugh and Braithwaite. It has twice received queen Anne's bounty, with which land was purchased near Keswick and Hesket -New-Market. In 1795, Hutchinson says it had a "stock or endowment of £300. secured in the hands of John Gate, Esq., of Whitehaven, as executor of Henry Richmond Brougham, Esq., at £5 per cent." The whole income was then £30 a year, including a small stipend paid annually from the castle. The interest of £300 as ancient chapel stock, and 20s a year, the gift of Isabella Miller, are paid annually to the curate, the latter sum appears to have been intended by the donor, for the person who performed the duties of clergyman and schoolmaster."

See also *The Citizen (Carlisle periodical)