Subberthwaite

Local studies information is held at Cumbria Record Office & Local Studies Library, Barrow.

Details about the census records, and indexes for Subberthwaite.

The Register Office covering the Subberthwaite area is Ulverston.

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1868 - The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland

"SUBBERTHWAITE, a township in the parish of Ulverston, hundred of Lonsdale South of the Sands, county Lancaster, 8 miles N. of Ulverston. It includes a vast tract of waste land, interspersed with rocks and woodland. There is a slate quarry. The Duke of Buccleuch is lord of the manor."

In 1835 Subberthwaite was a township in the parish of Ulverston.

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

View maps of Subberthwaite and places within its boundaries.

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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SD269868 (Lat/Lon: 54.271207, -3.123282), Subberthwaite which are provided by:

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• Bing (was Multimap)
• OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
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• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
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For probate purposes prior to 1858, Subberthwaite was in the Archdeaconry of Richmond, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Richmond are held at the Lancashire Record Office.

• Lancashire Parish Register Society

You can also see Family History Societies covering the nearby area, plotted on a map. This facility is being developed, and is awaiting societies to enter information about the places they cover.