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 |  | Crook is a parish in Kendal Ward. It was formerly in the parish of Kendal. Nearby parishes are Burnside, Over Staveley, Hugill, Winster and Underbarrow. |
"Crook and Winster... These two, in like manner as Staveley and Ings, were originally one chapelry; but now they are two distinct chapelries. The chapel of Crook is a fair building, with a tower steeple, and one bell. Winster, though it is in the parish of Kendal, yet is said to be in the constablewick of Undermilbeck in the parish of Windermere. The chapelry of Winster was anciently a part of the chapelry of Crook. This place gives name to the rivulet called Winster Beck; which almost from head to foot divides Westmorland from Lancashire."
Nicolson and Burn: 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.
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St Catherine. Ruined church. W tower of 1620. |
New church. 1887.
The parish records and Bishop' Transcripts are held at the Kendal Record Office of Cumbria Archives Service. The Record Office reference is WPR37. There will be microfilm copies at Carlisle Record Office.
| Baptism registers | 1851-1896 |
| Marriage registers | 1816-1978 |
| Banns registers | 1889-1957 |
| Burial registers | - |
| Bishops transcripts | 1813-1870 |
For searching on www.familysearch.org see Jake Prescott's list of IGI batch numbers.
The Quaker Preparative Meeting register is in Kendal Record Office:
The details for the parish from the Parson & White's Directory for 1829 are transcribed on Edenlinks site.
Supplementary Records - Crook and Winster
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale, CWAAS, William Farrer & John F. Curwen (editors) are available on British History Online
Wills for Crook 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.
Hearth Tax records for 1674 Crooke Underbarrow (Kendal) transcribed on Edenlinks.
Last updated: Jan 2009 Dave Huddart