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"CARLISLE, comprising the parishes of St. Cuthbert and St. Mary, it is a city, bonding port, municipal and parliamentary borough, locally in Cumberland ward, in the county of Cumberland, 301 miles to the N.N.W. of London, 101 from Edinburgh, 195 from Birmingham, and 261 from Aberdeen. It is an important centre of railway communication on the W. border of Scotland, being the terminus of the Caledonian, Glasgow, and South-Western, and of the Lancaster and Carlisle section of the London and North-Western." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]Carlisle Parishes

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Churches

There are more than 30 churches identified in this place. Please click here for a complete list.
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Church Records

The original records and bishops transcripts are held in Carlisle RO, but readers can only access registers on microfilm.
The reference number links to the CASCAT catalogue listing for all church records for the parish.
 

Parish

Church

CASCAT ref

Baptisms

Marriages

Burials

Banns

BTs

IGI Batches

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Carlisle

St Mary & St Paul

PR47

1643-1976

1643-1975

1655-1854

1754-1975

1670-1856

Carlisle

Carlisle St Mary

Carlisle

St Cuthbert

PR79

1693-2000

1693-2005

1693-1854 1982-1993

1754-1980

1604-1899

 

Carlisle St Cuthbert

Carlisle

Holy Trinity

PR32

1831-1992

1865-1979

1832-1856

1867-1991

1841-1845

 

Carlisle Holy Trinity

Carlisle

Christchurch

PR68/1

1831

1854-1937

1831-1854

1897-1938

1831-1890

 

Carlisle Christ Churchi

Carlisle

St John the Evangelist

PR123

1867-1971

1867-1958

 

1929-2000

     

Carlisle

St James

PR157

1863-1975

1967-1973

 

1867-1998

1863-1876

   

Carlisle

St Barnabas

PR166

1933-1986

1936-1976

 

1939-1989

     

Carlisle

(Morton) St Luke

PR181

1960-1980

1961-1987

 

1973-1992

     

Carlisle

St Elisabeth (Harraby)

PR190

1954-2015

1954-2010

 

1954-2008

     

Carlisle

St Aidan

PR68/2

1901- 1975

1902-1988

 

1902-1986

1831-1890

   

Carlisle

(Currock) St Herbert & Carlisle St Stephen

PR75

1937-1989

1945-1988

 

1945-1988

     

Carlisle

St John (Upperby)

PR76

1846-2003

1848-2014

1846-1930

1871-2004

1846-1883

 

Upperby

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Church

Baptisms

Marriages

Burials

Carlisle, Our Lady and St Joseph

Roman Catholic

1790-1949

1841-1949

1825-1849: 1856-1969

Carlisle, Charlotte Street

Congregational

1892-1894 1921-1976

1899-1900 1913- 1976

1859-1891

Carlisle, Lowther Street

Congregational

1856-1868

1865-1867: 1899- 1977

1859-1868

Carlisle, Abbey Street

Presbyterian

1778-1810

   

Carlisle, Fisher Street

Presbyterian

1742-1986

1873-1984

 

Carlisle, Warwick Road

Presbyterian

1860-1935

1973-1935

1874-1879

Carlisle, Chapel Street

Church of Scotland

1844-1880 1888-2014

1844-1880: 1921-1978

 

Carlisle

Wesleyan Methodist

1839-1918

   

Carlisle Fisher Street/Central Hall

Wesleyan Methodist

1909-1948

1900-2005

 

Carlisle Lowther Street

United Methodist Free Church

1889-1929

   

Carlisle South John Street

Wesleyan Methodist

1903-1939

   

Carlisle Trinity/Union Street/Rydal Street

Wesleyan Methodist

1881-1957

1899-1990

 

Carlisle Wigton Road

Wesleyan Methodist

1946-1963

1924-1958

 

Carlisle Caldewgate

Wesleyan Methodist

1867-1946

1909-1924

 

Upperby

Wesleyan Methodist

1954-1956

   

Morton, Carlisle

Methodist

1963-1985

1971 (1 entry)

 

Carlisle, Currock Road

Methodist

 

1927-2005

 

Carlisle Cecil Street

Primitive Methodist

1948-1966

1914-1965

 

Carlisle (Carlisle)

Society of Friends

1837-1848

 

1838-1859

Carlisle

Society of Friends

1822-1868 counterfoils

1932-1941 Counterfoils

1838-1859 Caldbeck 1828-1831

Moorhouse (Carlisle)

Society of Friends

   

1863-1875

Solport (Carlisle)

Society of Friends

   

1885-1905

Sowerby Row (Carlisle)

Society of Friends

1654-1800

1654-1800

1654-1800

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