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ARTHURET, Cumberland
"ARTHURET parish has a length of seven miles and a breadth of four. It lies between the rivers
Esk, Lyne, and Liddel, and is bounded on the west, north and east sides by the parish of
Kirkandrews. Also on the east by Stapleton and on the south by Kirklinton. The parish is divided
into the four townships of Brackenhill, Lynside, Longtown and Netherby and contains territory once
known as the debatable lands."
[Description from
T. Bulmer & Co's History, Topography and Directory of East Cumberland, 1884]
- History, Topography and Directory of East Cumberland,
T.F. Bulmer, T.Bulmer & Co., Manchester, 1884.
- The Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society:
- Bower, rev. cannon R., On a brass found in Arthuret Church., 1900, illus., N.S., Vol. 1.
- Graham, T.H.B., Arthuret, Kirklinton, and Kirkoswald. 1925. N.S., Vol. 28.
- Bridget Casson is providing information on Memorials from Arthuret Church on
her 19th Century Longtown
website (listed under Gravestone Inscriptions). Added 8 Apr 2005.
- "Arthuret parish church, dedicated to St. Michael, stands on a beautiful eminence, about
half a mile from Longtown. The present church was erected in 1609 by the help of a charity
brief, the previous on having been a mean, low, ruinous building, and often destroyed by the
Scots. The person in whose custody the money collected for the new church was placed,
absconded, carrying off with him a considerable sum, and this loss so crippled the resources of
the parishioners that the tower was left unfinished unti the rectorship of Dr. Todd, through whose
exertions the structure was completed in 1690."
(Extract from Bulmer's 1884 History & Directory, cited above)
- The following church records are available at the Carlisle office of the
Cumbria Archive Service:
Church of England (CRO Reference PR18):
| Baptisms | Marriage | Banns | Burial | Bishops Trans |
| 1610-1951 | 1610-1987 | 1754-1983 | 1610-1961 | 1665-1870 |
- Arthuret fell under the authority of the ancient diocese of Carlisle
and wills prior to 1858 were proved in the consistory court there.
Records from 1548 to 1858 include original wills, letters of administration
and inventories, although there are significant gaps in the years
before 1661. These are deposited with the CRO at Carlisle.
Comprehensive indexes exist, at the Carlisle CRO, in card files
easily accessible in the reading room. The indexes cover from
1617 to 1941, listing the year of probate and the residence of
the deceased. This is extraordinarily helpful in distinguishing
between many individuals of the same name. Microfilm of many of
these records, and a partial typescript of the indexes, is available
at the Kendal office of the CRO.
- The Province of York covered most of northern England, including
Arthuret, and anyone who died leaving property in more than one
diocese within the province would have their will proved in the
Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of York (PCY) or sometimes
in the Chancery Court of the Archbishop of York. These records
are now deposited with York University,
Borthwick Institute of Historical Research.
- For probate from 1858 on, and general information, see our
England - Probate page.
However please note registered copy probate records for Cumberland are also available
1858-1941 at the Record Office in Carlisle.
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