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Mallerstang is a parish in the East Ward of the county adjacent to Yorkshire and Ravenstonedale and Kirkby Stephen.
It was formerly a chapelry of the latter.
"Mallerstang... Before the grant of the barony of Westmorland to Robert de Veteripont, the forest of Mallerstang (with the rent) belonged to Sir Hugh de Morvill;... The castle of Mallerstang, called Pendragon castle, is said to have been built about the time of Vortigern, by Uter Pendragon. Who this Uter was may be difficult to ascertain. This Uter Pendragon, tradition reports, in order to fortify this his castle, endeavoured to draw the river Eden round it, but to no purpose; which occasioned this proverb, "Let Uter Pendragon do what he can, Eden will run where Eden ran".
Nicolson and Burn: The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. 1777.
Transcribed by Anne Nichols.
No returns survive for the 'census' of 1787.
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.
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St Mary Outhgill. Contains work of C17-20th. Lady Anne Clifford's work is recorded in an inscription over the South porch. |
The parish records and BTs are held at the Kendal Record Office of Cumbria Archives Service. The Record Office reference is WPR78
| Baptism registers | 1714-1875 |
| Marriage registers | 1820-1969 |
| Banns registers | - |
| Burial registers | 1813-1882 |
| Bishops transcripts | 1774-1875 |
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.
| 1641/2 | 185(est) |
| 1671 | 329(est) |
| 1801 | 314 |
Hearth Tax records for 1674 Mallerstang (Kirkby Stephen) transcribed on Edenlinks.
Window Tax records for 1777 Mallerstang transcribed on Edenlinks.
Last updated: Nov 2008 Dave Huddart