Urswick is an Ancient Parish in the county of Lancashire.
Other places in the parish include: Stainton, Little Urswick, Great Urswick, Bolton with Adgarley, Birkrig Common, Bardsea, and Adgarley.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1608
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1634
Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
URSWICK, a parish, with four townships, in Ulverston district, Lancashire; 3 miles SSW of Ulverston r. station. Post town, Ulverston.
Acres, 4,100. Real property, £8,650; of which £400 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 891; in 1861, 1,080. Houses, 215. The property is much subdivided. Roman coins have been found.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £300. Patrons, the Landowners. The church was recently restored. The p. curacy of Bardsea is a separate benefice.
There are an endowed school with £15 a year, and charities £23.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
The Registers of Urswick in Furness, Lancashire, 1608-1695
The registers of the parish church of Urswick in Furness, Lancashire. Christenings, weddings, and burials, 1608-1695 : Urswick, Eng. (Parish) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Lancashire, Urswick – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Urswick, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Lancashire, Urswick – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Urswick, 1634-1870
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Urswick (Lancashire)
Parish register transcripts, christenings & marriages [abt. 1670-1812]
Author: Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959
Parish registers for Urswick, 1608-1911
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Urswick (Lancashire)
Parish registers of Urswick 1802-1813, Ulpha 1689-1812 and Muncaster 1676-1725
Author: Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959; Church of England. Parish Church of Urswick (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Ulpha (Cumberland); Church of England. Parish Church of Muncaster (Cumberland)
The register of the parish of Urswick
Author: Lancashire Parish Register Society
The registers of the parish church of Urswick in Furness, Lancashire
Author: Brierley, Henry, 1846-1933; Harrison, Duncan W.; Church of England. Parish Church of Urswick (Lancashire)
A transcript of the registers of the parish of Aldingham-in-Furness
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Aldingham (Lancashire); Dunn, G. S.; Church of England. Chapelry of Dendron (Lancashire); Church of England. Parish Church of Urswick (Lancashire)
England, Lancashire, Urswick – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish printout of Urswick in Furness, Lancashire, England
Administration
- County: Lancashire
- Civil Registration District: Ulverstone
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Western Deaneries – Furness
- Diocese: Chester
- Rural Deanery: Furness and Cartmel
- Poor Law Union: Ulverston
- Hundred: Lonsdale
- Province: York
