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"PRESTON-PATRICK, a chapelry in that part of the parish of BURTON-in-KENDAL which is in KENDAL ward, county of WESTMORLAND, 6 miles (N..W. by.W.) from Kirkby-Lousdale, containing 398 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese of Chester, endowed with £400 private benefaction, and £ 600 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Inhabitants. The chapel, dedicated to St. Patrick, is a neat building, situated on the acclivity of a hill rising from the eastern bank of the Belo, which is here crossed by the Lancaster canal, in its course through the parish. A school, founded by subscription in 1780, is endowed with an allotment of land, awarded under the enclosure act, and now let for £ 12. 12. a year, for which ten children receive free instruction. "
[From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) - copyright Mel Lockie 2016]
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Preston Patrick is a parish in Kendal Ward. It was formerly a detached part of Burton in Kendal parish.
It is close to the parishes of Old Hutton, Mansergh, Beetham, Heversham and Crosscrake.
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Returns do not survive for the 'census' of 1787.
Census returns are available from the usual sources for 1841-1911.
| St Gregory Church with NW tower of 1852 by Sharpe & Paley with chancel of 1892. But reused C15th window and niches. Historical and architectural notes on National Heritage List (EnglishHeritage site). History and description on Wikipedia. Church plans (1851-54) 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 | 1704-1910 |
| Marriage registers | 1704-1835 |
| Banns registers | 1755-1928 |
| Burial registers | 1703-1871 |
| Bishops transcripts | 1703-1870 |
See the CASCAT online calogue for WPR42 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).
The University of Leicester History, Directory & Gazetteer of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Preston Patrick to another place.
Preston Patrick Records Records relating to the Barony of Kendale, CWAAS, William Farrer & John F. Curwen (editors) are available on British History Online
Supplementary Records - Preston Patrick
Cumbria County History Trust has published a "Jubilee Digest" for the township of Preston Patrick
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SD556840 (Lat/Lon: 54.250047, -2.683539), Preston Patrick which are provided by:
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- 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 Preston Patrick 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 Preston Patrick (Kendal) transcribed on Edenlinks.