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"LANGDALE, a chapelry, comprising Great and Little Langdale, in the parish of GRASMERE, KENDAL ward, county of WESTMORLAND, 8 miles (S.E. by .) from Orton, containing 317 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese of Chester, endowed with £800 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Rector of Grasmere. The chapel is situated at Great Langdale, and another once stood at a place now called Chapel-Mire, in Little Langdale. On a hill called Wreynose are placed three stones, denominated shire-stones, and marking the point at which the counties of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancaster, meet and terminate. . . . A school was erected, in 1824, by the Gunpowder Company, in consideration of ground granted to them for the establishment of their manufactory."
[From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) - copyright Mel Lockie 2016]
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Langdale is a parish in Kendal Ward to the West of the county, and in the Lake District.
It was formerly part of Grasmere parish. It adjoins with Cumberland, Lancashire and Rydal.
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Returns do not survive for the 'census' of 1787.
Census returns are available from the usual sources for 1841-1911.
Holy Trinity This and other photographs are on the Geograph site. Historical and architectural notes on National Heritage List (EnglishHeritage site). Photograph(s) and description on VisitCumbria. Access and contact details on Church of England site More details and maps in Genuki Westmorland Church Databas |
Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts are held by Cumbria Archives :
originals at Kendal RO and microfilm copies at Carlisle RO.
| Baptism registers | 1827-1969 |
| Marriage registers | 1835-1981 |
| Banns registers | 1861-1978 |
| Burial registers | 1828-1985 |
| Bishops transcripts | 1799-1871 |
See the CASCAT online calogue for WPR96 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).
Nicolson & Burn: The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. 1777.
"Langdale is divided into Great Langdale and Little Langdale...
The chapel stands in Great Langdale, but it belongs also to Little Langdale and Baisbrow.
In Little Langdale is a place called Chapel mire, where it is said a chapel formerly stood, which was removed and united to that of Great Langdale. Basebrowne (as it was anciently called) is within the constablewick of Langdale."
The University of Leicester History, Directory & Gazetteer of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Langdale to another place.
Langdale and Baisbrowne Records relating to the Barony of Kendale, CWAAS, William Farrer & John F. Curwen (editors) are available on British History Online
Supplementary Records - Langdale
Cumbria County History Trust has published a "Jubilee Digest" for the township of Langdales
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NY291060 (Lat/Lon: 54.444503, -3.094861), Langdale 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 Langdale 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 Langdale transcribed on Edenlinks