Millom

• There are no record repositories within the parish. Information on County Record Offices and Libraries generally may be found on our Cumberland Archives and Libraries web page. Additional records are at the University of Durham - Library Archives and Special Collections.
• Millom Heritage and Arts Centre. See CFHSNL 164, August 2017, pp.24-26.
• Millom Castle dates from 1335. The ruins surround the farmhouse which partly occupies the pele tower. Viewing is by permission from the farm.

• History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cumberland, Mannix & Whellan, 1847
• The Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society:
  • Haswell, J.F.,ed. The Registers of Millom, Cumberland, 1591-1812, P.R.S.11, 1925.
  • Knowles, Canon. The Earlier Registers of Waberthwaite and Millom, Tr. 3, 1878, 314-20.
  • Winchester, Angus J.L., The castle household and demesne farm at Millom in 1513-14, Tr. N.S. 83, 1983, 85-99. Accounts giving many names.

"The Church of Millom, dedicated to the Holy Trinity is situate in this township, close to the Castle. It is a venerable edifice consisting of a nave and chancel, a south aisle, and a modern porch, with a bell turret carrying two bells. Near (the) east window is a piscina and at the west end is an octagonal stone font, ornamented with quatre-foils and a shield charged with the arms of Huddleston. In the church is an ancient mural tablet recording the names of several of the Huddleston family. The Rev Henry Pickthall B.A. is the present vicar, being inducted in 1836."
(Extract from History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cumberland, Mannix & Whellan, cited above)

The original records and bishops transcripts are held in Barrow 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.

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 following church records are available at the Barrow office of the Cumbria Archive Service: 

Methodists (Wes):

Most local marriage bonds 1648-1858 are deposited at the Lancashire Record Office in Preston. Some indexes up to 1755 have been published by Lancashire & Cheshire Record Society.

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• A Description of Millom transcribed from Mannix & Whellan's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cumberland, 1847 by Carol Bennett.

• The transcription of the section for Millom from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Millom to another place.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SD175801 (Lat/Lon: 54.209972, -3.266458), Millom 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.
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• Millom fell under the authority of the ancient diocese of Chester and wills prior to 1858 were proved in the consistory court of the commissary of the Archdeconry of Richmond and are now deposited in the Lancashire Record Office. Most surviving local wills prior to 1858 are therefore in the Lancashire Record Office, Preston. However indexes are available at Barrow for COPELAND 1530-1857, and the Cumbria Record Office in Carlisle holds microfilm of some wills for the Deanery of Copeland 1466-1860.
• The Province of York covered most of northern England, including this parish, and anyone who died leaving property in more than one diocese within the province would have their will proved in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of York (PCY) or sometimes in the Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York. These records are now deposited with York University, Borthwick Institute of Historical Research.
• For probate from 1858 on, and general information, see our England - Probate page. However please note registered copy probate records for Cumberland are also available 1858-1941 at the Record Office in Carlisle.