Morland, Westmorland Family History Guide

Morland is an Ancient Parish in the county of Westmorland.

Other places in the parish include: Sleagill, Newby, Little Strickland, Great Strickland, Kings Meaburn, and Buley Castle.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1538
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1665

Nonconformists include: Society of Friends/Quaker and Wesleyan Methodist.

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MORLAND, a village, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in West Ward district, Westmoreland. The village stands near the river Lyvennet, 2½ miles S by E of Cliburn r. station, and 5½ NW by W of Appleby; and has a post office under Penrith. The township includes the village, and extends into the country. Real property, £2,225. Pop., 420. Houses, 92.

The parish contains also the townships of Thrimby, Little Strickland, Great Strickland, Newby, Sleagill, and Kings-Meaburn, and the chapelry of Bolton. Acres, 15,260. Real property, £12,750. Pop., 1,927. Houses, 381. The property is much sub-divided.

The manor belonged anciently to Ivo de Talebois; was given in part, by his grandson, to St. Mary’s abbey at York; and belongs now to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. Buley Castle, now a ruin, was an episcopal residence. Several old mansions are now farm-houses. Some monastic buildings existed in connection with St. Mary’s at York, and have left some traces. Limestone and freestone are quarried, and coal of an inferior quality is found. There are linen and tape manufactories, and corn and saw mills.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £177. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle. The church includes portions as early as the time of Henry II.; was mainly rebuilt in the last century; is large, cruciform, and good; has a tower, with low spire; and contains a brass of 1562, and a tablet to Lient. General F. Markham. The p. curacies of Thrimby and Bolton are separate benefices. There are chapels for Quakers and Wesleyans, a village library, a free school, and charities £82. The sub-district contains also three other parishes. Acres, 59,414. Pop., 4,212. Houses, 829.

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