Irthington

• There are no record repositories within the parish. Information on County Record Offices and Libraries generally may be found on our Cumberland Archives and Libraries web page. Additional records are at the University of Durham - Library Archives and Special Collections.

• History, Topography and Directory of East Cumberland, T.F. Bulmer, T.Bulmer & Co., Manchester, 1884.

• "The church, dedicated to St. Kentigern or Mungo, is a good specimen of Norman architecture, and is the principal object of interest within the parish. The original edifice was a plain building, erected about the twelfth century when the Norman style was beginning to give place to the more ornate Gothic. The church was thoroughly restored about thirty years ago , the cost raised by subscription." (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 PR 83):

  Baptisms	Marriage	Banns	Burial	Bishops Trans
  1705-1876	1705-1961	1847-1852	1705-1923	1669-1871

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• The transcription of the section for Irthington from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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You can see the administrative areas in which Irthington has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NY498615 (Lat/Lon: 54.945616, -2.785217), Irthington which are provided by:

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• Irthington 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 this parish, 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.