Kendal St George, Westmorland Family History Guide

Kendal St George is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Westmorland, created in 1738 from Kendal Ancient Parish.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: None
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1856

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• Kendal
• Skelsmergh
• Kendal St Thomas
• Burneside

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

St. George’s church, near Stramongate bridge, is a handsome recent structure, with two slender towers, surmounted by low spires. The chapelry of St. George was constituted in 1848, and that of St. Thomas in 1837; and both are wholly within the borough. Pop. of St. G., 3,144; of St. T., 2,092. Houses, 683 and 460.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

The annals of Kendal : being a historical and descriptive account of Kendal and the neighbourhood, with biographical sketches of many eminent personages connected with the town Author: Nicholson, Cornellus

Burials in Society of Friends burial ground, 1865-1870

Cemetery records, 1843-1983 Author: Castle Street Cemetery (Kendal, England)

Interments, 1837-1854 Author: Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Kendal, Westmoreland)

The memorial inscriptions of St.Oswald’s Church, Burneside, St. John the Baptist’s Church, Skelsmergh : also Kendal All Hallows; Holy Trinity (surname index only); St. George’s; St.Thomas’s; Unitarian Chapel; Scotch Burial Ground & Society of Friends

Register of burials in the burial ground of the borough of Kendal Author: Parkside Cemetery (Kendal, Westmoreland)

Register of burials in the burial ground of the borough of Kendal, 1855- 1953

Census returns for Kendal, or Kirby-Kendal, 1841-1891

A history of Methodism in Kendal, Kirkby Lonsdale and Sedburgh : with the life of William Moister Author: Bryer, T. Percy

Kendal parish church dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity Author: Nicholls, John Richard Lee

The older nonconformity in Kendal : a history of the Unitarian Chapel in the market place with transcripts of the registers and notices of the nonconformist academies of Richard Frankland and Caleb Rotheram Author: Nicholson, Francis; Axon, Ernest, fl. 1892

Abstracts of Society of Friends records (England), 1650-1729 Author: Cope, Gilbert, 1840-1928

Baptismal register, 1823-1858 Author: United Presbyterian Church of Kendal (Westmoreland)

Baptisms and burials, 1754-1801 Author: Pear Tree Chapel (Kendal : Inghamite)

Baptisms, 1757-1782 Author: Pear Tree Chapel (Kendal : Inghamite)

Births and baptisms, 1687-1838 Author: Presbyterian Church (Kendal, Westmoreland)

Births and baptisms, 1687-1838 Author: Presbyterian Church (Kendal, Westmoreland)

Births and baptisms, 1762-1840 Author: Catholic Church. Holy Trinity Chapel (Kendal, Westmoreland)

Births, baptisms and burials, 1802-1837 Author: Strickland Gate Chapel (Kendal : Wesleyan)

Births, marriages, and burials, 1762-1837 Author: Society of Friends. Kendal Monthly Meeting (England)

Bishop’s transcripts for Burneside, 1813-1895 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Burneside (Westmoreland)

Bishop’s transcripts for Crook, 1813-1870 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Crook (Westmoreland)

Bishop’s transcripts for Grayrigg, 1813-1871 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Grayrigg (Westmoreland)

Bishop’s transcripts for Helsington, 1813-1886 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Helsington (Westmoreland)

Bishop’s transcripts for Hugil, 1813-1862 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Hugil (Westmoreland)

Bishop’s transcripts for Kendal, 1721-1845 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kendal (Westmoreland)

Bishop’s transcripts for Kentmere, 1813-1877 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Kentmere (Westmoreland)

Bishop’s transcripts for Long Sleddale, 1813-1861 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Long Sleddale (Westmoreland)

Bishop’s transcripts for Natland, 1813-1870 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Natland (Westmoreland)

Bishop’s transcripts for New Hutton, 1813-1881 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of New Hutton (Westmoreland)

Bishop’s transcripts for Old Hutton, 1813-1846 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Old Hutton (Westmoreland)

Bishop’s transcripts for Selside, 1813-1876 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Selside (Westmoreland)

Bishop’s transcripts for St. George’s Church, Kendal, 1856-1873 Author: Church of England. St. George’s Church (Kendal, Westmoreland)

Bishop’s transcripts for St. Thomas’ Church, Kendal, 1856-1875 Author: Church of England. St. Thomas’ Church (Kendal, Westmoreland)

Bishop’s transcripts for Stavely, 1815-1857 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Stavely (Westmoreland)

Bishop’s transcripts for Underbarrow, 1813-1865 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Underbarrow (Westmoreland)

Bishop’s transcripts for Winster, 1813-1871 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Winster (Westmoreland)

Church records, 1823-1934 Author: Primitive Methodist Church (Kendal, Westmoreland)

Church records, 1848-1914 Author: Wesleyan Methodist Chapels. Kendal Circuit (Westmoreland)

Fahy genealogical research Author: Fahy, Terence

More than 150 years of burial records of Holy Trinity, Kendal Author: Cumbria Family History Society

Parish church records, 1658-1940 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kendal (Westmoreland)

Parish register, Kendal England, 1673, 1689-1707, 1710-1823

Parish registers for All Hallow’s Chapel, Kendal, 1883-1940 Author: Church of England. All Hallow’s Chapel (Kendal, Westmoreland)

Parish registers for Burneside, 1813-1845 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Burneside (Westmoreland)

Parish registers for Crook, 1813-1857 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Crook (Westmoreland)

Parish registers for Grayrigg, 1730-1903 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Grayrigg (Westmoreland)

Parish registers for Helsington, 1813-1907 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Helsington (Westmoreland)

Parish registers for Hugil, 1813-1852 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Hugil (Westmoreland)

Parish registers for Kendal, 1558-1907 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kendal (Westmoreland)

Parish registers for Kentmere, 1813-1848 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Kentmere (Westmoreland)

Parish registers for Long Sleddale, 1813-1858 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Long Sleddale (Westmoreland)

Parish registers for Natland, 1813-1858 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Natland (Westmoreland)

Parish registers for New Hutton, 1813-1845 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of New Hutton (Westmoreland)

Parish registers for Old Hutton, 1813-1857 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Old Hutton (Westmoreland)

Parish registers for Selside, 1753-1858 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Selside (Westmoreland)

Parish registers for Staveley, 1813-1858 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Staveley (Lancashire)

Parish registers for Underbarrow, 1735-1918 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Underbarrow (Westmoreland)

Parish registers for Winster, 1813-1835 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Winster (Westmoreland)

Record of members, 1840-1852 Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Kendal Branch (Westmoreland)

The registers of Kendall, Westmoreland, 1558-1631 Author: Brierley, Henry, 1846-1933

Computer printout of Kendal, Pear Tree Inghamite, Westmd., Eng

Computer printout of Kendal, Presbyterian, Westmd., Eng

Computer printout of Kendal, Westmoreland, England

Computer printout of Old Hutton, Westmoreland, England

Computer printout of Selside, Westmoreland, England

Computer printout of Staveley, Westmoreland, England

Computer printout of Underbarrow, Westmoreland, England

Parish register printout of Kendal-RC, Kendal, Westmoreland, England (1742-1840) christenings, A thru Z

Parish register printouts of Hugill, Westmoreland, England ; christenings, 1813-1862

Parish register printouts of Kendal, Westmoreland, England (Inghamite Church, Pear Tree Chapel) ; christenings, 1754-1837

Parish register printouts of Kendal, Westmoreland, England (Presbyterian) ; christenings 1687-1838

Parish register printouts of Kendal, Westmoreland, England (Wesleyan, Strickland Gate Chapel) ; christenings, 1801-1837

Parish register printouts of Kendal, Westmoreland, England, (Saint George), christenings, 1856-1873

Parish register printouts of Kendal, Westmoreland, England, (Saint George), christenings, 1856-1873

Parish register printouts of Kendal, Westmoreland, England, (Saint Thomas), christenings, 1856-1875

Parish register printouts of Kendal, Westmoreland, England, (Saint Thomas), christenings, 1856-1875

The registers of Kendal, index

The registers of Kendal, index of parts III and IV

Kendal workhouse documents, 1836-1914

Marriage announcements from the Westmoreland gazette & Kendall advertiser, 1847-1869

Grand fashionable nights : Kendal theatre, 1575-1985 Author: Eddershaw, Margaret

Ings with Hugill, a Westmorland village : a short history, written to mark the 250th anniversary of the death in 1743 of Robert Bateman, merchant of Leghorn, under whose will St. Anne’s church was rebuilt in the same year Author: Crookenden, Elisabeth; Crookenden, Spencer

Memories of old Kendal : recollections and pictures of people of bygone Kendal, and the town and times they lived in Author: O’Connor, Jack

Church of England parishes in Cumbria : largely based on Wm. Parson and Wm. White, ‘A history, directory, and gazetteer of Cumberland, Westmoreland with Furness and Cartmel, 1829’ Author: Cumbria Archive Service

Full colour street map of Kendal : Ambleside, Windermere, Keswick, Milnthorpe, Kirkby Lonsdale, Grange-over-Sands Author: Focus Maps

Marriage announcements from the Westmoreland gazette & Kendall advertiser, 1847-1869

Borough of Kendal burgess rolls, 1888-1900

Records relating to the Barony of Kendale Author: Farrer, William, 1861-1924; Curwen, John Flavel

Township of Kendal register of persons entitled to vote as parochial electors, 1895-1897

Maps

OS Grid Reference: SD5187692961 (all-numeric format: 351876 492962)

Vision of Britain historical maps
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Ordnance Survey
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National Library of Scotland
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Administration

• County: Westmorland
• Civil Registration District: Kendal
• Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Western Deaneries – Kendal
• Diocese: Chester
• Rural Deanery: Kendal
• Poor Law Union: Kendal
• Hundred: Kendal; Lonsdale
• Province: York