Thwaites Cumberland Family History Guide
Thwaites is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cumberland, created in 1717 from a chapelry in Millom Ancient Parish.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1724
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1725
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
THWAITES, a chapelry in Millom parish, Cumberland; near Millom r. station. Post town, Holborn-Hill, under Ulverstone. Real property, £2,435. Pop., 350. Houses, 61. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £115. Patrons, the Landowners. The church was rebuilt in 1715.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
THWAITES, a chapelry, in the parish of Millom, union of Bootle, Allerdale ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 10 miles (S. E.) from Ravenglass; containing 356 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £99; patrons, four Landowners in the chapelry. The chapel was rebuilt in 1715, and dedicated to St. Anne in 1724.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Administration
- County: Cumberland
- Civil Registration District: Bootle
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Western Deaneries – Copeland
- Diocese: Carlisle
- Rural Deanery: Copeland
- Poor Law Union: Bootle
- Hundred: Allerdale above Derwent Ward
- Province: York