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 |  | Winster is a parish in Kendal Ward and was formerly part of Kendal parish. It adjoins Lancashire. Nearby parishes include Windermere, Hugill and Crosthwaite cum Lyth. |
"Crook and Winster... These two, in like manner as Staveley and Ings, were originally one chapelry; but now they are two distinct chapelries. The chapel of Crook is a fair building, with a tower steeple, and one bell. Winster, though it is in the parish of Kendal, yet is said to be in the constablewick of Undermilbeck in the parish of Windermere. The chapelry of Winster was anciently a part of the chapelry of Crook. This place gives name to the rivulet called Winster Beck; which almost from head to foot divides Westmorland from Lancashire."
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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Holy Trinity. Single chamber church of 1875 with bellcote on mid buttress. |
The parish records and Bishop'
Transcripts are held at the Kendal Record Office of Cumbria Archives
Service.
The Record Office reference is WPR50. There will be microfilm
copies at Carlisle Record Office.
| Baptism registers | 1720-1812 |
| Marriage registers | 1120-1837 |
| Banns registers | 1754-1803 |
| Burial registers | 1720-1812 |
| Bishops transcripts | 1813-1871 |
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.
Wills for Winster 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: Jan 2009 Dave Huddart