Harrington, Cumberland Family History Guide

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Harrington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cumberland.

Other places in the parish include: Bellaport Harbour.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1688

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HARRINGTON, a small seaport town, a parish, and a sub-district in Whitehaven district, Cumberland. The town stands on Bellaport harbour, and on the Whitehaven Junction railway, 2¾ miles S of Workington; is of modern origin, and a sub-port to Whitehaven. It carries on a considerable trade, chiefly as a focus of export for extensive neighbouring mines; has a ship-building yard and a ropery, and formerly had chemical works; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Carlisle. The harbour has a pier and a fixed light; the latter 44 feet high, visible at the distance of 11 miles, and put up in 1797.

The parish comprises 2,338 acres of land, and 452 of water. Real property, £5,497; of which £86 are in ironworks. Pop. in 1851, 2,169; in 1861, 1,788. Houses, 426. The decrease of pop. was occasioned by the discontinuance of the chemical works, and by diminution of coal-working. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £250. Patron, E. S. Curwen, Esq. The church is a neat edifice, with a tower; and there are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Harrington Parish Registers

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Census

Census returns for Harrington, 1841-1891

Church Records

Bishop’s transcripts for Harrington, 1688-1875 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Harrington (Cumberland)

Church records, 1783-1966 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Harrington (Cumberland)

Church records, 1877-1950 Author: Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Harrington, Cumberland)

Marriages at Harrington, 1652-1837 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Harrington (Cumberland)

Parish registers for Harrington, 1653-1922 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Harrington (Cumberland)

Church records – Indexes

Computer printout of Harriangton, Cumb., Eng

Parish register printouts of Harrington, Cumberland, England ; christenings, 1688-1812 Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Harrington, Cumberland, England ; marriages, 1813-1838 Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Harrington, Cumberland, England, christenings, 1813-1876 Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Cemeteries

The Memorial inscriptions of the parish church of St. Mary’s, Harrington (old churchyard)

Cumberland Historical Directories

Directory Transcriptions

Kelly’s Directory of the Leather Trades 1880

HARRINGTON

Boot & Shoe Maker
Birkett William Christian st

Clog & Patten Maker
Isaac Curwen street

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Cumberland
  • Civil Registration District: Whitehaven
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Western Deaneries – Copeland
  • Diocese: Carlisle
  • Rural Deanery: Copeland
  • Poor Law Union: Whitehaven
  • Hundred: Allerdale above Derwent Ward
  • Province: York