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"Grayrigg. . . Having now advanced to the Eastern extremity of the parish of Kendal, we incline Northwards to the manor of Grayrigg; so called probably from being frequented by badgers, brocks, or grays; as on the east side of the river Lune, opposite thereto, is a place which yet bears the name of Brockholes. The hollow between is called Grayrigg-hause, from haustus perhaps, which signifies a draught; even as yet a throat or gulley is by the common people called a hause. There is a meeting-house in Grayrigg belonging to the Quakers."
[Nicolson and Burn: The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. 1777.]
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| St John, Grayrigg, Church of England |
Returns survive for the 'census' of 1787 for the township of Whinfell only and are held at the Kendal Record Office of Cumbria Archives Service. The Record Office reference is WQ/SP/C. They are transcribed in Vital Statistics published by Curwen Archives Trust.
Census returns are available from the usual sources for 1841-1911.
| St John, Grayrigg, Church of England |
 | St John 1837. Then West Tower 1869. This and other photographs on the Geograph site Church plans (1837-38) from ICBS archive on Church Plans Online (Lambeth Palace Library). Photograph(s) and description on VisitCumbria. Access and contact details on Church of England site |
Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts are held by Cumbria Archives:
originals at Kendal RO and microfilm copies at Carlisle RO.
| Baptism registers | 1730-1923 |
| Marriage registers | 1730-1978 |
| Banns registers | 1824-1981 |
| Burial registers | 1730-1873 |
| Bishops transcripts | 1813-1873 |
See the CASCAT online calogue for WPR5 for information on these and other parish records.
For searching on LDS familysearch.org see IGI batch numbers (compiled by Jake Prescott)
or use the batch number search site (by Hugh Wallis).
The University of Leicester History, Directory & Gazetteer of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Grayrigg to another place.
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale, CWAAS, William Farrer & John F. Curwen (editors) are available on British History Online.
- Grayrigg & Supplementary Records - Grayrigg
- Docker & Supplementary Records - Docker
- Lambrigg & Supplementary Records - Lambrigg
- Whinfell & Supplementary Records - Whinfell
Cumbria County History Trust has published a "Jubilee Digest" for the townships of
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SD588986 (Lat/Lon: 54.381345, -2.635898), Grayrigg 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.
Wills for Grayrigg will be at Carlisle since about 1858 but before that will be at the Preston R.O. as it was in the Diocese of Chester until that time.
Hearth Tax records for 1674 Grayrigg transcribed on Edenlinks.
Hearth Tax records for 1674 Lambrigg transcribed on Edenlinks.