Lower Allithwaite
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Allithwaite, Lower and Upper, 2 townships and eccl. dist. (St Mary), N. Lancash.-- L.A., 3211 ac. and 4569 ac. foreshore, pop. 975; U.A., 2682 ac., pop. 713; eccl. dist., pop. 577; P.O. At low water a road crosses Morecambe Bay to Bolton-le-Sands.

John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)

Archives and libraries

Local studies information is held at Cumbria Record Office & Local Studies Library, Barrow and at Kendal library.

Cemeteries

Census

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Church History

Church Records

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Civil Registration

The Register Office covering the Lower Allithwaite area is Ulverston.

Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

In 1835 Lower Allithwaite was a township in the parish of Cartmel.

Maps

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Probate Records

For probate purposes prior to 1858, Lower Allithwaite was in the Archdeaconry of Richmond, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Richmond are held at the Lancashire Record Office.