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WALNEY, an island and a chapelry in Dalton-in-Furness parish, Lancashire. The island is separated from Lower Furness by a narrow strait; adjoins, in its central part, the harbour and town of Barrow-in-Furness; extends south-south-eastward, from the month of the Duddon's estuary to the N side of the entrance of Morecambe bay; measures 8 miles in length, and nowhere more than 1 mile in breadth; is low, flat, and distributed into about a dozen farms; contains two small villages; is surmounted, at the S end, by a lighthouse 68 feet high, erected in 1790; and has a post-office under Barrow-in-Furness. The chapelry includes one or two neighbouring islets; and its statistics are returned with the parish. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £140. Patron, the Vicar of Dalton. The church is recent. There is a national school.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.Cemeteries
- St Mary the Virgin, Church Lane, Church of England
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Walney.Church History
Church Records
- St Mary the Virgin, Church Lane, Church of England
- Douglas St, Jehovah's Witness
- Teesdale Rd, Methodist New Connexion, North Scale
- St Andrew, Douglas St, Presbyterian
- St Columba, Church Lane, Roman Catholic
- Vickerstown Methodist Church, The Promenade, Wesleyan Methodist, Vickerstown
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Walney area is Barrow in Furness.Description and Travel
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In 1835 Walney was a chapelry in the parish of Dalton in Furness.Maps
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Probate Records
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Walney 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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