Bolton, Westmorland Family History Guide
Bolton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Westmorland, created in 1745 from a chapelry in Morland Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Bewley Castle.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
Parish registers: 1647
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1668
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist Association
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BOLTON, a chapelry in Morland parish, Westmoreland; on the river Eden, and on the Eden Valley railway, near Kirkby-Thore r. station, and 4 miles NNW of Appleby.
It includes the hamlet of Bewley-Castle, and has a post office under Penrith. Acres, with Morland township, 5,449. Rated property, £2,228. Pop., 390. Houses, 73. The property is much subdivided.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £80. Patron, the Vicar of Morland. The church is good; and there is a Methodist chapel.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Census returns for Bolton, 1841-1891
Bishop’s transcripts for Bolton, 1665-1879
Parish registers for Bolton, 1662-1902
The parish registers of Bolton, 1647-1812
Computer printout of Bolton, Westmoreland, England
Maps
OS Grid Reference: NY6376423361 (all-numeric format: 363765 523361)
Vision of Britain historical maps
OS maps
Ordnance Survey
OS maps
National Library of Scotland
OS maps
Administration
- County: Westmorland
- Civil Registration District: West Ward
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Carlisle (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Carlisle
- Rural Deanery: Westmorland
- Poor Law Union: West Ward
- Hundred: West Ward
- Province: York