Askham, Westmorland Family History Guide

Askham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Westmorland.

Other places in the parish include: Helton.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St Peter

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1566
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1661

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

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Adjacent Parishes

Askham Parish Registers

The Registers of the Parish of Askham in the County of Westmoreland, from 1566 to 1812.Copied by Mary E. Noble, Editor of the Bampton Parish Registers and author of a History of Bampton. London: Bemrose & Sons Ltd., 4 Snow Hill, E.C.; and Derby. 1904. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish History

Askham

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ASKHAM, a township and a parish in West Ward district, Westmoreland. The township lies pleasantly on the Lowther river, opposite Lowther Castle, 2½ miles SW of Clifton r. station, and 5 S of Penrith; and it has a post-office under Penrith. Real property, £1,822. Pop., 323. Houses, 67. The parish includes also the township of Helton. Acres, 4,327. Real property, £3,469. Pop., 503. Houses, 105. Askham manor belongs to the Earl of Lonsdale; and there is another manor. Askham Hall, on Askham manor, is a gloomy edifice of 1574, with embattled roof. Limestone is quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £180. Patron, the Earl of Lonsdale. The church is good; and there are charities £21.

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

Helton

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HELTON, a township in Askham parish, Westmoreland; on the river Lowther, 6 miles S of Penrith. Real property, £1, 647. Pop., 180. Houses, 38. The manor belonged formerly to the Morvilles, and belongs now to the Earl of Lonsdale. Helton Common has a Druidical circle, and another antiquity, called the Cope Stone.

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