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

Nonconformists include:

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

Monumental inscriptions of Middleton in Lunesdale, Holy Ghost with burial register 1671-1812 : monumental inscriptions of Firbank, St John; monumental inscriptions of Killington, All Saints

Census returns for Killington, 1841-1891

Bishop’s transcripts for Killington, 1813-1873

Bishop’s transcripts for Kirkby-Lonsdale, 1676-1874

Parish register transcripts, Killington, Westmorland, England … and Witherslack, Westmorland, England : christenings, marriages and burials, 1689-1800 [Killington] and christenings, marriages and burials, 1694-1800 [Witherslack]

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