Parish Data

• 

  Image credit : Jane Holmes

  An ancient parish in Eskdale ward, Cumberland. Inlcudes the townships of Askerton, Burtholme. Kingwater and Waterhead. The civil parish includes Kirkcambeck, which was extra-parochial.
  The current church St Mary Magdalene occupies what was the original nave of Lanercost Priory which was founded in 1169. As with other churches in the area there are stones in the building indicating that they come from Hadrians Wall.
  Gilsland is also St. Mary Magdalene and was built in 1851, though most of Gilsland today is in Northumberland, the original parish was taken from Lanercost.

Where CFHS is shown under Author this means there is a publication available from the society, check the Available Publications panel immediately above this one for links to the shop.The County Archive holds copies of the CFHS publications and the record offices and libraries may also hold other transcriptions.

Record Office is : Carlisle

For the full listing of registers available in the archives and where they are located Click Here

Enter the details here and then click on Submit to go to the contacts page where you can enter your personal details and finally submit them.

Please note this is for submission of corrections or additions to the parish details pages, please do not use this contact for other queries. If you have other queries then please go to the contact page and submit them to the appropriate person. The Society is not normally able to reply to requests for assistance or research, you should post your query on the forum or if you are a member you can submit your request for inclusion in a future newsletter.