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"HOLME-CULTRAM, (or Abbey Holme), a parish in the ward of Allerdale-below-Derwent, county Cumberland, 6 miles N.W. of Wigton, 9 N.E. of Aspatria, and 15 E. of Maryport. Abbey Holme is its post town. It is a station on the Carlisle and Silloth Bay railway. The parish is bounded on the W. by the Irish Sea, and on the N. by the estuaries of the Wampool and the Waver. It is very extensive, comprising above 22,000 acres, and includes the townships of Holme Abbey, Holme East Waver, Holme Low, and Holme St. Cuthbert." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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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

Research Wiki

Holme Cultram

St Mary

PR122

1581-1975

1581-1988

1581-1993

1754-1983

1663-1871

Holme_Cultram

Holme Cultram

Holme Cultram

St Cuthbert

PR179

1850-1994

1850-1990

1850-1993

 

1850-1889

Holme_St._Cuthbert

 

Newton Arlosh

 

PR133/2

1849-1878

1850-1994

1850-1927

1875-1997

1850-1856

Newton_Arlosh

Newton-Arlosh

Silloth

Christ Church

PR146

1872-1980

1872-1989

1872-1955

     

Silloth Christ Church

Silloth

St Paul

PR147

1849-1922

1850-1997

1850-1944

1850-1991

1850-1872

 

Silloth St Paul

 

IGI batch numbers are those compiled by Hugh Wallis on Rootsweb (Hugh Wallis)  that  can be used to search directly in FamilySearch.
Alternatively try the Archers Software interface.

Transcriptions of the parish Bishops Transcripts are available from the archived Cumberland Roots website. 

There are holdings of non-conformist records.
 

Parish

Church

Baptisms

Marriages

Burials

Mawbray

Wesleyan Methodist

 

1901-1960: 1978

 

Beckfoot (Holm)

Society of Friends

1849-1927 birth notes

 

1828-1964

Holm

Society of Friends

1776-1957

1777-1962

1776-1959

Holm

Society of Friends

1894-1987

 

1943-1984

Silloth

Other non-conformist

1877-1916: 1929-1946

1906-1915; 1929- 1937

 

Silloth

Primitive Methodist

 

1912-1937

 

 

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Description & Travel

You can see pictures of Holm Cultram which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Genealogy

The Holme St Cuthbert Local History Group's website: Solway Plain - Past & Present (archived copy) contains much of interest to Family Historians

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Manors

Manor of Holm Cultram - 4 tenancy records are transcribed by Carl Pearson and are hosted on Fred Mantey's website,
and available and indexed on Madasafish, specifically:

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Maps

View a map of the boundaries of this town/parish.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NY177508 (Lat/Lon: 54.845218, -3.283165), Holm Cultram which are provided by: