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The Ancient Parish of CARLETON IN CRAVEN

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"CARLETON IN CRAVEN, (or Carlton) a parish-town, in the east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 2 miles SW. of Skipton, 10 from Keighley and Colne, 43 from York. Pop. 1218. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Craven, value, ~£5. 2s. 1d. p.r. £52. 15s. Patron, the Dean and Canons of Christ church, Oxford.

About the year 1700, Mr. Farrand Spence founded an Hospital here, for twelve widows belonging to the parish of Carlton, and six to Market Bosworth, in Leicestershire. Their receipts, about twenty guineas per annum. And about the year 1705, a School was founded by Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkinson, for clothing and educating four boys of this parish, and apprenticing them out at the age of fourteen. The charity is now extended to twenty boys, but only four clothed annually."

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"DALE END, in the township and parish of Carleton in Craven, liberty of Staincliffe; 6 miles from Skipton, 9 from Keighley, the end of Lothersdale, and where the Quakers have a burial ground."

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"LOTHERSDALE, in the parish of Carleton in Craven, east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 4 miles SW. of Skipton, 6 from Colne, (Lanc.) 8 from Keighley.

"It is," says Dr. Whitaker, "a dreary valley, running up into Pinhow, as far the confines of the parish of Whalley, (Lanc.) It is a distinct Manor, the property of Lord George Cavendish"."

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
  • St. Mary's Church, Carleton in Craven.
  • The Primitive Methodist Church, Carleton in Craven.
  • Christ Church, Lothersdale.
  • Methodist Chapel, Lothersdale.

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Carleton in Craven.

Directories

• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Baines's Directory and Gazetteer Directory of 1822.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in The Craven Household Almanack Directory of 1911.

Gazetteers

• There is further information about this parish from Pigot's 1834 Directory Yorkshire section.
• There is further information about this parish from National Gazetteer 1868 Yorkshire extracts.

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 Carleton in Craven 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:
  • (SD943457) Raygill

Societies

• This parish is covered by the following Society:
  • Keighley and District FHS