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Burneside is a parish in Kendal Ward , before 1717 part of the very large Kendal parish.Nearby parishes are Crook, Over Staveley, Long Sleddale, Selside and Greyrigg.
"Burneshead... This name is variously written in ancient time, but most commonly Burneshead, and seems intended to signify the head of the burn or river which springs a little above in Kentmere. The chapel of Burneshead is common to Burneshead, Strickland Roger, and Strickland Ketel. To what saint it was dedicated, we have not certainly found. There is a well called the Miller's, formerly St. Oswald's well, about 30 yards north-east from the chapel, which probably leads to the name of the tutelar saint."
Nicolson and Burn: The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. 1777. Transcribed by A Nichols.
Returns do not survive for the 'census' of 1787. Census returns are available from the usual sources for 1841-1901.
Church HistorySt Oswald. 1880-1. Dec style. SW tower. |
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The parish records
and Bishop' Transcripts are held at the Kendal Record Office of Cumbria Archives Service.
The Record Office reference is WPR54. There will be microfilm copies at Carlisle Record Office. 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.
Wills for Burneside will be at Carlisle since about 1858 but before that will be at the Preston R.O. as it was in the Diocese of Chester until that time.
Last updated: October 2006 Dave Huddart