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TATHAM (St. James), a parish, in the hundred of Lonsdale, south of the Sands, N. division of the county of Lancaster; containing, with the chapelry of Tatham-Fell, 677 inhabitants, of whom 324 are in Tatham township, 11 miles (N. E. by E.) from Lancaster. The parish is situated on the river Wenning, and comprises by admeasurement 4000 acres; the soil is chiefly clay, and there are a few mines of coal in operation.

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TATHAM-FELL, a chapelry, in the parish of Tatham, hundred of Lonsdale, south of the Sands, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 12 ½ miles (E. N. E.) from Lancaster. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £125 ; patron, the Rector of Tatham.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.