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"Askham seems to have been so called from some proprietor thereof in ancient time of the name Aske; for such a name there was.
The parish of Askham is bounded on the East by the parishes of Lowther and Bampton, on the South by the parish of Bampton, on the West by the parish of Barton, and on the North by the parishes of Barton and Lowther; and consists of about 81 families, all of the church of England, except only one or two. [in 1777]
The church is dedicated to St. Peter, perhaps in allusion to the rock on which it is founded. It is a vicarage. "
Nicolson and Burn: The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. 1777. Transcribed by Anne Nichols.
[Note: The parish of Askham includes the manors of Askham and Helton Flecket]
Monumental inscriptions were transcribed in Westmorland
Church Notes by E. Bellasis 1888-89 and are available on
Westmorland Papers.
A Transcript of Memorial Inscriptions for St Peter's churchyard is provided by Virginia Gretton, which includes the following names:
Returns survive in the 'census' of 1787 and are held at the Kendal Record Office of Cumbria Archives Service. The Record Office reference is WQ/SP/C. They are transcribed in Vital Statistics published by Curwen Archives Trust 1992. ISBN 1897590008. There is a trancsription on EdenLinks for Askham and Helton Flecket.
Census returns are available from the usual sources for 1841-1901.
A transcript
of the 1841 census of Askham [HO107/1162] is provided by
Virginia Gretton.
It includes
the following names:
AIREY, ATKINSON, BAILEY, BAILIFF, BARKER, BATEMAN, BAWLY, BELL, BLAIKLOCK, BOAG, BORROWDALE, BOWERBANK, BOWMAN, BROWN, CAPSTICKS, CARRUTHERS, CASTLEHOW, CARTER, CLARK, COWARD, COWIN, CRANE, DOBSON, DOCKREY, DONALD, EGGLESTON, EWBANK, FLEMING, FOREST, GRAVES, HALFPENY, HALL, HARDING, HARRISON, HAYTON, HENDERSON, HOBSON, HOGG, HOWE, JACKSON, JOHNSON, KIDD, KIRKBRIDE, KIRKPATRICK, KITCHEN, LANCASTER, LEECH, LOCKHART, LUMB, McCRONE, MANDALE, MATHINSON, MATTINSON, MILLER, MOFFAT, MOSS, MOUNSEY, MURTHWART, NICHOLSON, NIXON, NOBLE, OADE, PARNELL, PEARSON, RELPH, RICHARDSON, RIDDLEY, RIGG, ROACHFORD, ROBINSON, ROUTLEDGE, SALKELD, SANDERSON, SCOTT, SISSON, SLEE, SPEDDING, SPENCER, STEELY, THOMPSON, TINKLER, TODD, WAKEFIELD, WALTON, WARD, WATT, WHARTON, WHITE, WILSON, WINDER, WINTER, WOOF, YARKER.
A transcript of the 1841 census of Helton
[HO107/1162] is provided by Virginia Gretton.
It includes the following names:
ADDINSON, AIREY, BIRD, BOAGE, BRANTHWAITE, BROWN, BURN, CHERRY, CLARK, DALTON, DENT, DONALD, DUFTON, ELERAY, EWBANK, FARRER, HARRISON, HAYTON, HINDSON, HODGSON, JACKSON, JOHNSON, KIRKBRIDE, MOFFAT, MOUNSEY, NICHOLSON, NOBLE, PEARSON, RELPH, RICHARDSON, ROBERTSON, SCOTT, SHARP, SILL, STRONG, TINKLER, WALKER, WATSON, WHARTON, WILSON, WINDER.
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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St Peter.
Rebuilt 1832 by Robert Smirke. Neo-Norman. C17th font. Memorial tablets to Sandford family. |
The parish records and BTs are held at the Kendal Record Office of Cumbria Archives Service. The Record Office reference is WPR11
| Baptism registers | 1566-1926 |
| Marriage registers | 1566-1941 |
| Banns registers | 1754-1908 |
| Burial registers | 1566-1894 |
| Bishops transcripts | 1661-1877 |
Transcripts of the registers 1566-1812 are available on EdenLinks.
For searching on www.familysearch.org see Jake Prescott's list of IGI batch numbers.
The details for the parish from the Parson & White's Directory for 1829 are transcribed on Edenlinks site.
In Domesday Book - Ascam.
A History of the Sandfords of
Askham has been made available by C R Grant.
Also A HISTORY OF THE FAMILY OF SANDFORD
web published book: A history of the family
of Sandford of Sandford, Askman, Howgill, and Helton in the county of
Westmoreland from the year 1174 to the present (circa 1920) by William
Arthur Cecil Sandford.
A present-day web map is available from Multimap.
| 1641/2 | 268(est) |
| 1671 | 320(est) |
| 1787 | 488 |
| 1801 | 448 |
Askham is in the diocese of
Carlisle and wills will be in
Carlisle Record Office.
Hearth Tax records for 1674 Askham transcribed on Edenlinks.
Hearth Tax records for 1674 Helton (Askham) transcribed on Edenlinks.
Window Tax records for 1777 Askham transcribed on Edenlinks.
Window Tax records for 1777 Hackthorpe & Whale transcribed on Edenlinks.
Window Tax records for 1777 Helton Flicket transcribed on Edenlinks.
Last updated: Jan 2009 Dave Huddart