Cliburn, Westmorland Family History Guide

Cliburn is an Ancient Parish in the county of Westmorland.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1565
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1660

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• Lowther
• Clifton
• Brougham
• Culgaith, Cumberland
• Thrimby
• Temple Sowerby
• Bolton
• Morland

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CLIBURN, a parish in West Ward district, Westmoreland: on the river Lyvennet, and on the Eden Valley railway, 7 miles NW of Appleby. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Penrith. Acres, 1, 360. Real property, £1, 995. Pop., 367. Houses, 58. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to the Talebois, the Harveys, and the Cliburns. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £188. Patron, the Bishop of Carlisle. The church is old but good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £24.

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

Parish Records

Hearth Tax records for 1674

Window Tax records for 1777

FamilySearch

Memorial inscriptions for Cliburn, Kirkby Thore, Milburn, Newbiggin, Temple Sowerby; Vol 6, Dufton, Long Marton, Morland, Bolton, Gt. Strickland, Thrimby

Census returns for Cliburn, 1841-1891

Bishop’s transcripts for Cliburn, 1662-1878

Parish registers for Cliburn, 1565-1927

The registers of Cliburn, 1565-1812

Parish register printout of Cliburn, Westmoreland, England

Westmorland Historical Directories

Maps

OS Grid Reference: NY5873924850 (all-numeric format: 358740 524850)

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