A considerable part of Ulleswater, from the middle eastward, is within the manor of Barton... At the head of the said water, above Patterdale, lies the manor of Hartsop, probably so denominated from abounding with deer anciently... Descending by the water from Hartsop, we come to Patterdale, so called probably from St. Patrick, to whom the chapel seems to be dedicated. For in the bishop's register it is called Patrickdale... And nigh unto the chapel is a well called St. Patrick's well. This dale is also part of the ancient barony of Kendal.... Higher up.. is Deepdale, so called from its situation; where there are about ten families. [in 1777]

    Nicolson and Burn: The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. 1777.  
    Transcribed by Anne Nichols.

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. The returns for Harsop and Patterdale are transcribed on EdenLinks.

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 History

St Patrick. Small C19th church by Salvin with saddleback roofed NE tower.

Church Records

The registers of the parish church of Barton, Westmorland.
Baptisms and marriages. 1666-1812. Burials, 1666-1830.
transcribed by Rev Henry BRIERLEY, 1847-1933 are available from OpenLibrary.
And some transcripts are available on Patterdale Patter

Directories

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

Description and Travel

Thomas Allom prints of Patterdale and Patterdale Bridge are available from Richard Nicholson of Chester.

History

"Patterdale, the Lordship of Roger de Lancaster, 32 Hen. III. who dying 19 Edw. I. left it with his other Estates to John de Lancaster, his
Son and Heir. This John was a warlike Man, and was with his King several Times in his Wars with Scotland, in which he behaved himself with that
Fidelity and Courage, that the King employed him in guarding the Marches against that Nation. He sat in Parliament among the Barons from 25 Edw. I.
to the 3 Edw. II. He left no Issue, and so his Estate passed to his Sister' s Son Richard de Plaiz, then a Minor of twelve Years old, and from that
Family to the Howards, Ancestors to the Dukes of Norfolk, who are spread into so many noble Families."

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


Records of Patterdale, historical and descriptive. by William Prosser Morris Published in 1903, T. Wilson (Kendal, Eng)
is available from Open Library

Maps

A present-day web map is available from Multimap.

Population

Probate Records

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

Taxation

Hearth Tax records for 1674 Patterdale (Barton) transcribed on Edenlinks.

Window Tax records for 1777 Hartsop & Patterdale transcribed on Edenlinks.

Last updated: Nov 2009 Dave Huddart