DAD DACRE (ST. ANDREW), a parish, in the union of PENRITH, LEATH Ward, Eastern Division of the county of CUMBERLAND, 5 miles (SW by W.) from Penrith; containing 995 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at� 8; present net income,� 89: it is in the patronage of the Crown; impropriator, Earl of Lonsdale. A monastery existed here in the time of Bede; and at this place Constantine, King of Scotland, and Eugenius, King of Cumberland, placed themselves and their kingdom under the authority of King Athelstan. Dacre castle was long the residence of an ancient and noble family of that name: the main body of it, consisting principally of four towers, of excellent workmanship, remains in a very perfect state. Limestone is obtained within the parish. There is a school endowed with� 140 per annum, arising from land; another with� 8. 15., a third with� 7. 10., and a fourth with� 3, per annum: one of these schools received, in aid of building, a grant of� 40 from the Lords of the Treasury, and� 15 from the National Society, with which it is in union. At Southwaite, in this parish, there is a mineral spring.

DACRE, a township, in the parish of RIPON, union of PATELEY-BRIDGE, Lower Division of the wapentake of CLARO, West Riding of the county of YORK, 6 miles (W.) from Ripley; containing 698 inhabitants. A chapel has been lately built; containing 500 sittings, 400 of which are free, the Incorporated Society having granted� 150 in aid of the expense. A school-room was built in 1695, by William Hardcastle, who endowed it with� 100 for the education of children; and in 1778 William Mountain bequeathed� 100 in addition to the above, producing together� 8. 8. per annum; but from its being generally conceived that the benefit of the school is confined to the descendants of William Hardcastle, the number of free scholars has been very limited. In 1774, Edward Yates bequeathed an estate, now producing� 20 per annum, for the endowment of a school; another is supported by Mr. Yorke, and a third appertains to Wesleyan Methodists; the master has� 5. 5. annually from the rent of land set apart for this purpose. DADLINGTON, a chapelry, in the parish of HINCKVOL. II.-1