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Long Sleddale is a parish in Kendal Ward. It was formerly part of the extremely large Kendal parish. Neighbouring parishes include Shap, Kentmere, Over Staveley and Sleddale.
"Long Sleddale... The chapel stands about the middle of the dale, and was made parochial... in 1712. Sleddale Beck, commonly called Spret, springs up in Wrangdale- head in this dale (a place famous for fine blue slate got there), runs southward all along the dale on the west side of the chapel and Ubarrow Hall, from thence on the east side of Burneshead Hall, and about half a mile below falls into the river Kent."
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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1863. Nave
and chancel. Bellcote at W end |
The parish records and Bishop's Transcripts are held at the Kendal Record Office of Cumbria Archives Service. The Record Office reference is WPR85. There will be microfilm copies at Carlisle Record Office.
| Baptism registers | 1670-1812 |
| Marriage registers | 1671-1977 |
| Banns registers | - |
| Burial registers | 1712-1812 |
| Bishops transcripts | 1813-1861 |
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
Longsleddale Records relating to the Barony of Kendale, CWAAS, William Farrer & John F. Curwen (editors) are available on British History Online
Supplementary Records - Longsleddale
Wills for Long Sleddale 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: Nov 2008 Dave Huddart