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"Advancing from the parish of Gresmere in the north-western extremity of the barony of Kendal, by the parishes of Windermere, Heversham, and Betham, we are now arrived at the furthest extremity towards the south, and turn in the next place eastward along the southern boundary to the parish of Burton, which is part in Kendal Ward, and part in Lonsdale Ward: from whence we shall afterwards proceed through the rest of Lonsdale Ward; which will finish the barony of Kendal.
Burton is sometimes called Burton in Kendale, to distinguish it from another Burton which is in Lonsdale in the county of Lancaster.
It is pronounced by the natives and neighbouring inhabitants Borton, as in Domesday-book it is written Bortun, which seem to point out the true derivation; not from burgh, which signifies a fortifies place; but from the ancient boro, which is no other than the district of the frankpledge or tithing.
The parish of Burton is bounded on the East by the parish of Kirkby Lonsdale; on the South by the parish of Warton in Lancashire; on the West, by the parishes of Betham and Heversham; and on the North, by the parish of Kendal.
This parish consists of five divisions, viz. Dalton (which is in Lancashire), Burton, Holme, Holme Scales, and Preston Patrick; which two last join no where on any other divisions, being separated by Farleton in the parish of Betham: And it is said there is a small parcel of land, not belonging to this parish, which is surrounded with the township of Burton.
It is a vicarage... the present patrons [of the advowson]... Mr. Thomas Hutton of the parish of Kirkby Lonsdale, and Mr. Jeffrey Tenant of the parish of Bentham in Yorkshire. The church is said to be dedicated to St. Helen, indicated by a well about 60 yards north-east of the church, which bears the name of that saint.
Nicolson and Burn: The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. 1777. Transcribed by Anne Nichols.
[Note: the church's dedication is actually to St. James, not St. Helen]
Monumental inscriptions were transcribed in Monumental Inscriptions of Westmorland by E. Bellasis 1888-89 and are available on Westmorland Papers.
Returns do not survive for the 'census' of 1787.
Census returns are available from the usual sources for 1841-1901.
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St James. W tower Norman in lower stage. Later work of C14th and Victorian period. Jacobean pulpit. Saxon cross-shaft. |
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The parish records and Bishop's
Transcripts are held at the Kendal Record Office of Cumbria Archives
Service. Baptisms and marriages for 1676-1808 are
indexed on the LDS Vital Records CD-ROM. The registers 1653-1837 have been transcribed and printed by CWAAS. ISBN 1 873124 42 2 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.
"BURTON, a Market Town, situate on the utmost Southern Point of this
County, which Borders upon Lancashire. The Market is weekly on Tuesday, and
Fair on Whit-Monday. Burton was the Lordship of Roger Lord Clifford 4th, of
which he died in Possession, and left, as other Estates before-mentioned."
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
Wills for Burton in Kendal 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: 18/01/04 Dave Huddart