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The Ancient Parish of ROMALDKIRK

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"ROMALDKIRK, a parish in the wapentake of Gilling West, and liberty of Richmondshire; 6 miles NW. of Barnard Castle. A most extensive parish, situated in Teesdale, extending from Deepdale, near Barnard Castle, to the confines of the three counties of York, Durham, and Westmoreland. This parish includes the townships of Lartington, Cotherstone, Hunderthwaite, Mickleton, Lune, Helwick, and Romaldkirk. Population, 377." (There is further information for Romaldkirk).

Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.

Arngill Birtle Bowbank Corn Park Cotherstone Cragg Crossthwaite Deepdale Doe Park Hall East Briscoe Eastfield Grassholme

Greengates Hagworm Hall Holwick Hunderthwaite Hury Kelton Laithkirk Lartington Lonton Loupside Lunedale Mickleton

Naby Nettlepot Scoon Bank Thring Garth Thringarth Hill Thwaite Hall Unthank Waybill Wemmergill Hall Westfield Wooden Croft Wythes Hill

Cemeteries

• A look up is offered for the Monumental Inscriptions for:
  • Laithkirk Chapelry, Romaldkirk and
  • Romaldkirk (St Romald).
  Please see the North Riding Look-up Exchange, remembering to read the instructions.

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
  • St Romald's Church, Romaldkirk view 1.
  • St Romald's Church, Romaldkirk view 2.
  • St. Cuthbert's Church, Cotherstone.
  • The Methodist Church, Cotherstone.
  • St. Lawrence's Roman Catholic Church, Lartington (now a private dwelling).
  • Lartington Hall, with the (ex) Roman Catholic Chapel.
  • The Church of the Holy Barn, Laithkirk.
  • The Primitive Methodist Church, Lunedale.

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Romaldkirk.

Directories

• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Baines's Directory of 1823.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Bulmers Directory of 1890.

Gazetteers

• There is further information about this parish from National Gazetteer 1868 Yorkshire extracts.
• There is further information about this parish from Bulmer's 1890 History and Directory of the North Riding.

History

• A separate ecclesiastical parish consisting of the townships of Lunedale, Mickleton, and Holwick (formerly a chapelry under this parish), was constituted in 1845. See Laithkirk Parish.

Maps

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• For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
• For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
• Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
• View maps of Romaldkirk and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Names (Geographical)

• The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
  • (NY860210) Arngill House
  • (NY930180) Baldersdale
  • (NZ004203) Doe Park
  • (NY889215) Stackholme
  • (NY962200) Thorngarth Hill
  • (NZ035178) Towler Hill
  • (NY901217) Wemmergill Hall (Farm)
  • (NY967191) West Briscoe
  • (NZ006207) Woden Croft

Societies

• This parish is covered by the following Society:
  • Cleveland FHS