Torver
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TORVER, a township-chapelry in Ulverston parish, Lancashire; on the Coniston railway, 2 miles SW of Coniston. It has a post-office under Windermere, and a r. station. Acres, 3,670. Real property, £1,180. Pop., 194. Houses, 42. The manor belongs to the Queen. The scenery is highly picturesque. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £113. Patron, the Rev. A. Peache. The church was rebuilt in 1848. There are an endowed school with £8 a year, and charities £7.

John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)

Archives and libraries

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

Bibliography

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Cemeteries

Census

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Church History

Church Records

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Civil Registration

The Register Office covering the Torver area is Ulverston.

Description and Travel

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Directories

Residents in 1882 found in Mannex's directory of Furness and Cartmel.

Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

In 1835 Torver was a chapelry and a township in the parish of Ulverston.

History

The history of Torver as described in Mannex's directory of Furness and Cartmel, 1882.

Maps

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Probate Records

For probate purposes prior to 1858, Torver 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.

Societies

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