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"HOLME, a township in that part of the parish of BURTON in KENDAL which is in LONSDALE ward, county of WESTMORLAND, 1 mile (N. by W.) from Burton in Kendal, containing 420 inhabitants. The Lancaster and Kendal canal passes through this place. Here are two extensive flax-mills and a linen manufactory. There is a place of worship for Independents."
[From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) - copyright Mel Lockie 2016]
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Holme is a parish in Lonsdale Ward. Before 1812 it was in the parish of Burton in Kendal.
Adjoining parishes are Beetham and Hutton Roof.
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Returns do not survive for the 'census' of 1787.
Census returns are available from the usual sources for 1841-1911.
| Holme, Wesleyan Methodist |
| Holy Trinity Church of 1839 with W tower. Church plans (1838-39) 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 More details and maps in Genuki Westmorland Church Database |
Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts are held by Cumbria Archives :
originals at Kendal RO and microfilm copies at Carlisle RO.
| Baptism registers | 1842-1909 |
| Marriage registers | - |
| Banns registers | 1862-1972 |
| Burial registers | 1842-1928 |
| Bishops transcripts | 1856-1876 |
See the CASCAT online calogue for WPR55 for information on these and other parish records..
For searching on LDS familysearch.org see IGIbatch numbers (compiled by Jake Prescott)
or use the batch number search site (by Hugh Wallis).
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Holme to another place.
The name probably derives from O.E. holm 'low flat land by a river, river meadow'.
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale, CWAAS, William Farrer & John F. Curwen (editors) are available on British History Online (also Supplementary Records).
Cumbria County History Trust has published a "Jubilee Digest" for the township of Holme.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SD530792 (Lat/Lon: 54.206441, -2.722431), Holme 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 Holme 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 Holme (Burton) transcribed on Edenlinks.