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"MIDDLETON, a chapelry in the parish of KIRKBY-LONSDALE, LONSDALE ward, county of WESTMORLAND, 3 miles (N. by E.) from Kirkby-Lonsdale, containing 252 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Kirkby-Lonsdale, in the archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese of Chester, endowed with £400 private benefaction, and £600 royal bounty. The chapel, dedicated to the Holy Ghost, was built at the expense of the inhabitants, in 1634, on ground given by Dr. Christopher Bainbridge, a native of this place. A school has been erected by subscription, and is endowed with about £10 per annum for teaching poor children. "
[From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) - copyright Mel Lockie 2016]
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Middleton is a parish in Lonsdale Ward, formerly part of Kirkby Lonsdale parish.
It adjoins the West Riding of Yorkshire and is close to the parishes of Killington, Mansergh and Barbon.
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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 Ghost 1878-9 by C J Ferguson. Nave, chancel and bellcote. Historical and architectural notes on National Heritage List (English Heritage site). Church plans 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 | 1670-1812 |
| Marriage registers | 1677-1976 |
| Banns registers | 1754-1834 |
| Burial registers | 1671-1812 |
| Bishops transcripts | 1676-1886 |
See the CASCAT online calogue for WPR40 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 Middleton to another place.
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale, CWAAS, William Farrer & John F. Curwen (editors) are available on British History Online
Cumbria County History Trust has published a "Jubilee Digest" for the township of Middleton
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SD643869 (Lat/Lon: 54.2764, -2.549451), Middleton 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 Middleton 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 Middleton transcribed on Edenlinks.