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Appleby St Lawrence |
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One of Appleby's 2 parishes with St Michael Bongate |
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Description & Travel |
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| Nicolson and Burn: The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. 1777. Transcribed by Anne Nichols. |
"The parish of St.
Laurence is bounded on the East by St. Michael's,
commonly called Bongate parish; on the South-east and
South, by Ormeshead and Asby parishes; on the West, by
Crosby Ravensworth and Morland parishes; and on the
North, by the said parishes of Morland and St. Michael's:
And contains in the whole about 160 families [in 1777],
all of the church of England. The church (as the name imports) was dedicated to St. Laurence; which was the original of the fair at Appleby on that saint's day, and the same feast of St. Laurence is for the like reason in ancient writings appointed for the payment of rents in places thereabouts. It is a vicarage. [Note: The parish of St. Laurence also covers Colby... Barwise... Hoff and Drybeck.] " |
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CemeteriesMonumental inscriptions were transcribed in Monumental Inscriptions of Westmorland by E. Bellasis 1888-89 and are available on Westmorland Papers. CensusNo returns survive for the 'census' is of 1787. Census returns are available from the usual sources for 1841-1901. Transcript and index for
1851 has been published by the Cumbria
Family History Society and also in 'North Westmorland
- An Index to the 1851 Census' compiled by David Lowis
and Barbara Slack. Church History
Church Records
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| Magna Britannica et
Hibernia.Volume 6: Westmorland by T Cox in 1731. Transcription by S Reveley, J Fisher and L Schoenwald. |
Buley-Castle, situate on the
River Eden, a little above Appleby on the North-West, and
belonging to the Bishop of Carlisle. It is said to have been erected at two or three Times by the Bishops of that See, several of whom have kept their Ordinations here, as there are still in Being several Registers to testify, if a Proof of it were necessary. |
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| 1641/2 | 561(est) |
| 1671 | 783(est) |
| 1801 | 711 |
Hearth Tax records for 1674 Colby (Appleby) transcribed on Edenlinks.
Hearth Tax records for 1674 Appleby transcribed on Edenlinks.
Window Tax records for 1777 Appleby transcribed on Edenlinks.
Window Tax records for 1777 Colby transcribed on Edenlinks.
Last updated: Jan 2012 - Dave Huddart