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CemeteriesMonumental inscriptions
were transcribed in Westmorland Church Notes by
E. Bellasis 1888-89 CensusReturns survive only for the constablewick of Kaber for 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. 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. Church HistoryThe dedication is not known
for sure . Sometimes it is ascribed to St Stephen (as in
the 1777 extract at the top of the page). There is a 'Loki' stone of Scandinavian origin near the S door. There are also Norman remains, but much of the church including the nave arcades is C13th. The W tower is Perp. The chancel and chapels are C19th as is also the distinctive classical colonnade at the entrance to the churchyard. Historical and
architectural notes on National Heritage List (English Heritage site). Th history is described on Britain Express. The church was rededicated in 1874. An account in the Penrith Herald is transcribed on Nancy McLaughlin's site. |
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| Baptism registers | 1647-1957 |
| Marriage registers | 1647-1956 |
| Banns registers | 1754-1953 |
| Burial registers | 1647-1947 |
| Bishops transcripts | 1647-1897 |
There are transcripts on Nancy McLaughlin's site.
For searching on www.familysearch.org see Jake Prescott's list of IGI batch numbers.
Non-conformist registers:
| Kirkby Stephen and Appleby Wesleyan Circuit Registers | 1883-1930 bap | Kendal RO |
| Wesleyan | 1852-1885 bap | Kendal RO |
| Kirkby Stephen Congregational | 1844-1932
bap 1868-1878 mar 1876-1880 bur |
Kendal RO |
The details for the parish from the Parson & White's Directory for 1829 are transcribed on Edenlinks site.
Entries from the Post Office Directory 1858 are on Nancy McLaughlin's site.
Kirkby Stephen is described on thecumbriadirectory.com
History
"Kirkby Stephen, a noted Market-Town, situate
upon the River Eden. The
Market is weekly upon Friday, and the Fairs on St. Mark's
Day, and the
Morrow after, and another on St. Luke's Day and the
Morrow after. Here is a
Free-School founded and endowed by the Family of Wharton,
of which we shall
speak in its Place.
Heartley-Castle, another Seat of the Musgraves, more
antient than the former at
Harcla-Castle. We find nothing material of the Family
relating to their Seat here,
but this, That Thomas Musgrave of Queens College, Oxford,
who was created Doctor of
Divinity in 1685, Octob. 10 was Son of Sir Philip
Musgrave, Bart. Of this Place, who
was a Person of signal Loyalty to King Charles I. in his
Troubles. This Doctor
became Archdeacon of Carlisle in 1669, was installed
Prebendary of Durham, July 12,
1675. as also Prebendary of Chichester, Nov. 10 1681, and
at length Dean of Carlisle
upon the Promotion of Dr. Thomas Smith to the Episcopal
See in 1684. He died in the
Beginning of April 1686. The Manor of Hertley, 13 Rich.
II was the Estate of Roger
Lord Clifford 4th, who died then possessed of it, and
left it to his Son and Heir Thomas.
Pendragon-Castle, antiently the Possession and Seat of
the Lords
Clifford; for Robert Lord Clifford died possessed of it 7
Edward II. and
leaving it to Roger his Son, then but fifteen Years old,
the Custody of this
Castle, and some others, was committed by the King, Edw.
II. to Guy de
Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, Henry Piercy and Barth. de
Bedlesmere. Being of
Age, he was drawn into that conspiracy which Thomas, Earl
of Lancaster,
formed against that King and his Favourites, and being
taken Prisoner at
Burrowbrigg, was beheaded at York. His Brother Robert,
notwithstanding,
inherited his Honour and Estate, and left this Castle to
his Posterity; for
Roger Lord Clifford 4th died seised of it 13 Rich. II.
and left it to his
son Thomas. It was, when in its Prime, a very strong
Building, the Walls
being four Yards in Thickness, with Battlements upon
them; but Time, and the
Neglect of the Owners had brought it to little better,
than a great Heap of
Stones; but it continued still in the same Family of
Cliffords; and about
the Year 1660, the most noble Lady Anne Clifford,
Countess Dowager of
Pembroke, Dorset, and Montgomery, repaired this ancient
Habitation of her
Ancestors, with three other Castles which she had in this
County; and
removing frequently from one to the other, kept
Hospitality, and so diffused
her Charity all over the Country. The river Eden runs
close by his Castle
on the East-Side, and on the other Sides are great
Trenches, which look as
if the Founder of it had intended to draw the Water into
them, and so
encompass it with a Moat; but the Attempt proved
ineffectual, which gave an
Occasion to an old rhyme used by the People near it.
Let Pendragon do what he can, Eden will run, where Eden
ran.
Wateby, a Moiety of which was the Possession of Roger
Lord Clifford 4th, of which he died
possessed 13 Rich. II. and left it with many other
Estates to Thomas his Heir.
Wharton, whose Manor-house, called Wharton-Hall, hath for
many Ages, even before any Records
yet discovered, been the Seat of the antient Family of
Whartons, and is still their Property.
The Family was of great Reputation before it was
ennobled; for Richard de Wharton was Knight
of the Shire for this County, 5 Hen. V. but otherwise it
lay in Obscurity, till the Reign of
King Henry VIII. when Sir Thomas Wharton, Knt. being the
Governor of the Town and Castle of
Carlisle, and Warden of the Marches, being assisted by
Sir William Musgrave, put an Army of
Scots of Fifteen thousand to flight, only with Three
hundred Men; who appearing on a Sudden
upon them, they supposed the Duke of Norfolk at hand with
a great Army, and fled. This Victory
was gained at a Place near Carlisle, called Solem-mosse.
King Henry was so much pleased with
his surprising Conduct, that he made him a Baron (says
Cambden); but Dugdale tells us, that it
was King Edw. VI. advanced him to that Honour, and for
that, and some other signal Services,
granted him an Augmentation to his paternal Coat of Arms,
viz. a Border engrailed, Or, charged
with Legs of Lions in Saltire, Gules, armed, Azure. He
was succeeded in his Honour by Thomas
his Son, who being forty-eight Years of Age at his
Father's Death, did not survive him long,
but left a Son for his Successor, viz.
Philip, Lord Wharton, who by Frances, the Daughter of
Henry, Earl of Cumberland, had two sons,
George and Thomas, but both of them dying in his
Lifetime, George without Heirs, and Thomas
married to Philadelphia, the Daughter of Robert, Earl of
Monmouth. He had by her two Sons,
Philip and Thomas, of whom Philip succeeded his
Grandfather, Anno 1625, but was not of Age,
till Anno 1634. He had three Wives, but by the Second,
Jane, Daughter of Arthur Gooding of
Upper Winchenden in Buckinghamshire had Issue, Thomas
Lord Wharton, who being one of the first
of the Noblemen that went over to the Prince of Orange at
the Revolution, was, as soon as the
Prince was settled on the Throne, made Comptroller or his
Majesty's Houshold, and sworn of his
Privy Council, and after made Lord Lieutenant of this
County. In the Reign of Queen ANNE,
Anno 5. He was created Viscount Winchendon, and Earl of
Wharton; and in 1715, Marquis, by King
George I. In 1709, he was sent Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland. He had by his second Wife, the
Daughter of Adam Loftus, named Lucy, then Baron Lisburn
in Ireland, his Son and Successor in
Honour and Estate, Philip, whom his Majesty K. George I.
created Duke of Wharton. He hath
married the Daughter of Lieutenant General Holmes, and is
now living, but hath been for some
Time in foreign Parts, and is said to have changed his
Religion.
Wynton, a Manor belonging to the Barony of Appleby, which
was given by King John, Reg. 4.
to Robert de Vipont, at first during Pleasure only, but
afterwards to him and his Heirs by
Idonea his Wife, Daughter and Heir of John de Buefli,
Lord of Tickhill. In his Family it
continued, till his Descendant, Robert de Vipont, joining
with Montfort, Earl of Leicester,
took up Arms against King Henry III. Reg. 49. and being
slain in the Battle of Evesham,
forfeited his Lands and Estates to the Crown; whereupon
that King gave them to Roger Clifford
and Roger de Leybourne, for their laudable Services at
that Time performed, together with the
Custody of his two Daughters and Coheirs, Isabel and
Idonea; who being after married to the
said Rogers, the King remitted to them their Father's
Forfeiture, and so their Heirs inherited
them. This Lordship, upon the Division, came to Roger
Lord Clifford, and his Son Robert dying
possessed of it 7 Edw. II. this Manor, with some other
Estates, was assigned to Maud his Widow
for her Dowry, and after her Decease passed to her Son
Roger, whose Descendants enjoyed it
divers Successions; for Roger Lord Clifford 4th died
possessed of it 13 Rich. II. And left it
to his Son Thomas, Ec."
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
British History Online
provides Kirkby
Stephen from The Later Records relating to
North Westmorland by John F. Curwen (1932)
Details of the East Ward Poor Law Union are given on the websites of Ross Brett (internet archive) and Peter Higginbotham.
Population
| 1641/2 | 662+(est) |
| 1671 | 902+(est) |
| 1801 | 1677+ |
Hearth Tax records for 1674 Kirkby Stephen transcribed on Edenlinks.
Hearth Tax records for 1674 Kaber (Kirkby Stephen) transcribed on Edenlinks.
Hearth Tax records for 1674 Nateby (Kirkby Stephen) transcribed on Edenlinks.
Hearth Tax records for 1674 Smardale (Kirkby Stephen) transcribed on Edenlinks.
Hearth Tax records for 1674 Waitby (Kirkby Stephen) transcribed on Edenlinks.
Hearth Tax records for 1674 Wharton Dikes (Kirkby Stephen) transcribed on Edenlinks.
Hearth Tax records for 1674 Winton (Kirkby Stephen) transcribed on Edenlinks.
Window Tax records for 1777 Kirkby Stephen transcribed on Edenlinks.
Window Tax records for 1777 Kaber transcribed on Edenlinks.
Window Tax records for 1777 Naitby transcribed on Edenlinks.
Window Tax records for 1777 Smardale transcribed on Edenlinks.
Window Tax records for 1777 Waitby transcribed on Edenlinks.
Window Tax records for 1777 Wharton transcribed on Edenlinks.
Window Tax records for 1777 Winton transcribed on Edenlinks.
Last updated: February 2012 Dave Huddart