Over Denton Cumberland Family History Guide
Over Denton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cumberland. Over Denton is the ecclesiastical name for the civil parish of Upper Denton.
Alternative names: Over Denton, Upper Denton
Upper Denton is the name of the civil parish. Over Denton is the name of the ecclesiastical parish.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1813
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
DENTON (Upper), a parish in Brampton district, Cumberland; on the Roman wall, the river Irthing, and the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, at the boundary with Northumberland, near Rosehall r. station, and 6 miles NE by E of Brampton. Post town, Gilsland, under Carlisle.
Acres, 860. Real property, £1, 478. Pop., 100. Houses, 22. The property is divided among a few.
The living is a vicarage, united with Gilsland, in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £123. Patron, G. G. Mounsey, Esq. The church is small, very old, and probably includes some Saxon work; and the churchyard contains the grave of Meg Tasdale, the “Meg Merrilies” of Sir Walter Scott.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
DENTON, UPPER, a parish, in the union of Brampton, Eskdale ward, E. division of Cumberland, 6 miles (E.N.E.) from Brampton; containing 127 inhabitants. It comprises by computation 1100 acres, about one-third of which is arable, and the rest pasture land. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £47; patron and impropriator, the Earl of Carlisle.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Cumberland, Over Denton – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Over Denton, 1814-1882
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Over Denton (Cumberland)
Parish registers for Over Denton, 1813-1963
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Over Denton (Cumberland)
England, Cumberland, Over Denton – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Over Denton, Cumb., Eng
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Cumberland
- Civil Registration District: Brampton
- Probate Court: Pre-1777 – Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory), Post-1776 – Court of the Bishop of Carlisle (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Carlisle
- Rural Deanery: Carlisle
- Poor Law Union: Brampton
- Hundred: Eskdale Ward
- Province: York