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Martindale

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    •      		Location of parish on undated map by William Mackenzie, scanned by Sarah Reveley. Area around the parish on undated map by William Mackenzie, scanned by Sarah Reveley. Martindale is a parish in the West Ward of the county adjacent to Patterdale, Barton, Bampton, Askham and Cumberland.
    It was formerly in the parish of Barton.

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    Description & Travel

    Nicolson and Burn:
    The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. 1777.

    		Martindale is so denominated probably from another species of beasts of venary, namely the martern, valuable for its fur. This place is separated from Patterdale by an high hill called Boredale. Martindale has a small chapel, about 5 miles distant from the church towards the south-west.

    Census

    Returns survive 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.

    Returns survive for Barton itself in 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. There are transcriptions on EdenLinks

    Census returns are available from the usual sources for 1841-1911.

    Some transcripts are available on Martindale Mart.

    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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    Church History

    St Martin. Simple chapel of 1634. Plain oblong windows.

    Historical and architectural notes on National Heritage List (English Heritage site).
    History and description on Wikipedia.
    Photograph(s) and description on VisitCumbria.
    Acess and contact details on Church of England site
    Click for full-size image on Geograph: NY4319 : The  
    ©     Martin Dawes licensed under Creative Commons    		 St. Peter. Newer church of 1882 by J A Corey.

    This and other photographs are on Geograph site
    Historical and architectural notes on National Heritage List (English Heritage site).
    History and description on Wikipedia.
    Photograph(s) and description on VisitCumbria.
    Acess and contact details on Church of England site
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    Church Records

    Baptism registers 1633-1982  

    The parish records and BTs are held at the Kendal Record Office of Cumbria Archives Service.
    The Record Office reference is WPR92

    For searching on www.familysearch.org see Jake Prescott's list of IGI batch numbers.
    Marriage registers 1633-1956  
    Banns registers 1866-1950  
    Burial registers 1633-1982  
    Bishops transcripts 1676-1875  

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    Directories

    The details for the parish from the Parson & White's Directory for 1829 are transcribed on Edenlinks site.

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    Population

    1641/2 141(est)
    1787 158
    1801 165

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    Probate Records

    Martindale is in the diocese of Carlisle and wills will be in Carlisle Record Office.

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    Last updated: November 2012 - Dave Huddart