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"ASPATRIA, a parish and market town in Allerdale ward, below Derwent, in the county of Cumberland, 8 miles to the S.W. of Wigton, and 9 miles to the N. of Cockermouth. Carlisle is its post town. It is situated on the river Ellen, in a hilly country not far from the sea-coast. Here is a station of the Maryport and Carlisle railway, which intersects the village. Included in the parish are the several townships of Aspatria with Brayton, Hayton with Melay, and Outerside with Allerby, and the small hamlet of Prospect." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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- Parish Records on "Cumberland Roots" (archived site) - include Aspatria. Added 10 May 2006.
The original records and bishops transcripts are held in Carlisle RO, but readers can only access registers on microfilm.
The reference number links to the CASCat catalogue listing for all church records for the parish.
Parish |
Church |
CASCAT ref |
Baptisms |
Marriages |
Burials |
Banns |
BTs |
IGI Batches |
Research Wiki |
Aspatria |
St Kentigern & Hayton St James |
1660-1915 |
1660-1938 |
1660-1999 |
1782-1975 |
1663-1865 |
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Aspatria |
Congregational |
1853-1888; 1892-1967 |
1860-1879: 1892- 1968 |
1860-1886: 1900-1966 |
Carlisle |
IGI batch numbers are those compiled by Hugh Wallis on Rootsweb (Hugh Wallis) that can be used to search directly in FamilySearch.
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The FamilySearch Research Wiki page also indicates coverage on other resources, including paying and subscription access genealogical platforms.
- Old Postcard of King Street, and description of Aspatria provided in The Andrews Pages Picture Gallery - King Street, Aspatria. Added 12 Oct 2007.
- The transcription of the section for Aspatria from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Aspatria to another place.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NY148419 (Lat/Lon: 54.764774, -3.325692), Aspatria which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Information about Coal Mining and the people of Aspatria, Cumberland - Brayton Domain Collieries website.