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Appleby St Lawrence |  |  | One
of Appleby's 2 parishes together with St Michael Bongate |
"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.] "
Nicolson and Burn: The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. 1777. Transcribed by Anne Nichols.
Monumental inscriptions were transcribed in Monumental Inscriptions of Westmorland by E. Bellasis 1888-89 and are available on Westmorland Papers.
No 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.
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Laurence Church dates from Norman times in the base of the
West Tower and the South Porch doorway. Internally the five-bay arcade
is Decorated work from the C14th and the screens are C15th. Externally
the Perpendicular-style windows are Victorian. The church contains monuments to Lady Ann Clifford (d.1676) and her mother the Countess of Cumberland. |
The parish records are held at the Kendal Record Office of Cumbria Archives Service. The Record Office reference is WPR28.
| Baptism registers | 1694-1956 |
| Marriage registers | 1695-1976 |
| Banns registers | 1809-1924 |
| Burial registers | 1694-1963 |
| Bishops transcripts | 1665-1869 |
BTs are in Kendal RO.
British History Online provides historical notes for St Lawrence, Appleby from The Later Records relating to North Westmorland by John F. Curwen (1932)
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.
Magna Britannica et Hibernia.Volume 6: Westmorland by Thomas Cox (Vicar of Bromfield, Essex) 45 pages, printed in 1731.
Transcription by Sarah Reveley, Joan Fisher and Lisl Schoenwald. (Rootsweb Westmorland Listmembers) (c) 2003
See the history for the town.
| 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 2009 - Dave Huddart