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"THRELKELD, a chapelry in the parish of Greystoke, Leath ward, county Cumberland, 4½ miles N.E. of Keswick, its post town. It is a station on the Cockermouth and Penrith railway. The village is situated under Blencathra, with a prospect over St. John's Valley. About a third of the parish is in poor pasture and woodland. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Carlisle, value £60. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, was rebuilt in 1776, at a cost of £270." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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Church Records

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.

 

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Description & Travel

  • The Threlkeld.org.uk (archived version) site provides a very wide range of items of interest to anyone who has connections with Threlkeld - family history, local history, &c.
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NY321254 (Lat/Lon: 54.619161, -3.053028), Threlkeld which are provided by: