The lands in Shaddon-gate are now held under the bishop and the dean and chapter. The Soccage manor of Carlisle comprehends the whole of Scotch-street township, and extends over 500 acres of land in the neighbourhood. This was demised by queen Elizabeth to Henry, lord Scrope, lord warden of the marches; and next to George Clifford, earl of Cumberland. The lease was afterwards, for several generations, vested in the noble family of Howard, earls of Carlisle, but the duke of Portland having succeeded in his claim to this manor, as part of the Forest of Inglewood, it was included in the duke of Devonshire's³ purchase, in 1787.

The three townships in this parish, not included in the city and suburbs of Carlisle, are as follows :-

Cummersdale, or Cumbersdale, has a small village, near the Caldew, two miles S.W. of Carlisle, several neat villas and farm houses, dispersed over the township, and contains about 500 souls, and 1900 acres of land, mostly the property of J. Dalton, G. Gale, J. Studholme, J. Maud, W. Blamire, L. Bunting, J. Brown, T. Barnes, Esqrs., and colonel Sowerby. Here are extensive calico print works, and cotton and corn mills; and in the hamlet of Holme Head, which is partly in this, but mostly in Caldew-gate township, are the extensive dying and bleaching establishments of Ferguson Brothers, to whom great praise is due for having established a school here for the education of the children of the operatives.

Middlesceugh and Braithwaite are two hamlets forming a joint township in Leath Ward, being detached from the rest of the parish in Cumberland Ward, and situate between Hesket-in-the Forest and Sebergham, at a distance of from nine to ten miles S. of Carlisle. The manor of Middlesceugh belongs to Sir Henry Ralph Vane, Bart., and that of Braithwaite to lord Brougham, who, with Mrs. Wilson, of Thistlewood, are the largest proprietors in the township, which contains 1971 acres, of the rateable value of £1553 5s. The inhabitants support their own poor, and being remote from the parish church, attend Ivegill chapel, and marry and bury at Hesket-in-the-Forest.

Wreay⁴ township and chapelry, lies on the west side of the river Petteril, and contains the small hamlets of High Wreay and Foulbridge, with several scattered farm houses, about 200 inhabitants, and 1060 acres of land, more than half of which is the property of Miss Losh, and the rest belongs to Messrs. J. Scott, J.P. Fletcher, C. Graham, and W. Carrick; but the dean and chapter of Carlisle are lords of the manor, and patrons of the curacy. Wreay village occupies a pleasant situation, five miles S. by E. of Carlisle, at the southern extremity of Cumberland Ward, with the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway a little to the east. Hutchinson says the antiquity of the "chapelry of Wrea" can only be traced as far back as the reign of Edward II. Bishop Halton, in 1319, allowed a chaplain here, provided he resided within his chapelry. In 1739 the old chapel was consecrated by bishop Fleming, and the curate's salary was made "worth £20 a year, with a good house." It is now, however, worth £75 a year, and is possessed by the Rev. Richard Jackson, M.A., who in 1846 erected a neat parsonage house in the Elizabethan style, on the site of the old one. The Chapel of Ease was entirely rebuilt in 1843, at an expense of about £1200, the whole of which, except a small donation from the dean and chapter, and the contributions of a few friends, was sustained by that truly benevolent lady, Miss Losh. It is in the Norman style of architecture, and its arched doorway at the west end is much admired, being ornamented with flowers of the water lily, &c. The turret is crowned by a Roman eagle, and a little lower down the gable, in two niches, are figures of Sts. Peter and Paul. All the windows are of stained glass, and the three in the west end are richly executed. The interior is very neat, and is ornamented with numerous figures of angels, birds, &c. especially about the communion table, which is supported by an eagle, carved in brass; and two eagles, richly carved in wood, support the bible and prayer book.

The chancel, which is of a semi-circular form, is very beautiful, and its windows are cut to represent antediluvian flowers. Here are seven lamps, apparently lighted, intended to represent the seven spirits mentioned in the book of revelations. The oaken roof of the chapel is also beautifully carved, and was furnished from the well-wooded lawn of Woodside, the seat of Miss Losh, whose prolific mind, furnished the various devices for this splendid little edifice, which is fitted up in the style of some of the Italian churches.

In the church yard, adjoining the chapel, is a chaste piece of sculpture, from the chisel of Dunbar, in white polished marble - the figure of the late Miss Catherine Losh - for which a cell in the Druidical fashion has been built. A few yards from this cell, stands a stone cross, eighteen feet high, with a Latin inscription to the memory of the late John Losh, Esq., and his wife - a copy of one in Bewcastle church yard. Miss Losh, seeing the crowded state of the burial ground at Carlisle, had a piece of ground dedicated as a public cemetery, the oratory in which is an exact model of Perranzabulo⁵. She also erected a good house, and conveyed it to trustees, for the use of the sexton.

A school was built here by subscription, about the year 1760, and endowed in 1763, by John Brown, Esq.,of Woodside, with £200, part of which was laid out in the purchase of 10A. 1R. 8P. of land, which, with some ancient school stock, now produces £17 10s. a year. Richard Lowthian gave £50 to the minister and twelve men of Wreay, to be distributed or otherwise invested, as they should think proper. The legacy was received in 1786, and is in the hands of the family of Losh, by whom the interest is regularly paid. In 1830 Miss Losh built a new school, near the site of the old one, and endowed it with thirty acres of pasture land, which now lets for about £10 a year. This sum is applied for the education of the poor children in the adjoining townships. The acting trustees are Messrs. John Robinson, of Scalesceugh, and Thomas Slack, of Intack. The masters' house, erected by the same lady, is on the model of one discovered in the ruins of Pompeii.

A girls school was also built here a few years ago, by the Misses Losh, which is free for the children of the chapelry. The late Miss Margaret Losh, aunt of the present lady, bequeathed £50 to each of the above schools: the principal is invested in the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. Messrs. Robinson and Slack, with the incumbent, are trustees for this also. The commissioners' report of charities states that "£2 5s. is given away at Candlemas to three or four poor persons not receiving relief."

Mannix & Whellan, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cumberland, 1847