Killington, Westmorland Family History Guide
Killington is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Westmorland, created in 1721 from a chapelry in Kirkby Lonsdale Ancient Parish.
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Parish registers begin:
Parish registers: 1619
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1689
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
KILLINGTON, a township-chapelry in Kirkby-Lonsdale parish, Westmoreland; on the river Lune, and the Ingleton railway, between Middleton and Sedbergh stations, 7 miles N of Kirkby-Lonsdale. Post town, Kirkby-Lonsdale, under Burton, Westmoreland.. Acres, 4, 875. Real property, £2, 838. Pop., 273. Houses, 48. The property is subdivided.
Killington Hall is a chief residence, and stands near an old tower of the Pickerings. Much of the land is moor and mountain.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £80. Patron, the Vicar of Kirkby-Lonsdale. The church is ancient.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Census returns for Killington, 1841-1891
Bishop’s transcripts for Killington, 1813-1873
Bishop’s transcripts for Kirkby-Lonsdale, 1676-1874
Parish registers for Kirkby-Lonsdale, 1538-1910
Computer printout of Killington, Westmd., Eng
Maps
OS Grid Reference: SD6121288890 (all-numeric format: 361212 488890)
Vision of Britain historical maps
OS maps
Ordnance Survey
OS maps
National Library of Scotland
OS maps
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: Kirkby Lonsdale
- Poor Law Union: Kendal
- Hundred: Lonsdale Ward
- Province: York