Swindale, Westmorland Family History Guide

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Swindale an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Westmorland. Swindale is a chapelry of Shap Ancient parish.

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SWINDALE, a chapelry in Shap parish, Westmoreland; 4¼ miles SW of Shap r. station. Post town, Penrith. Pop., 73.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £56. Patron, the Vicar of Shap.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

SWINDALE, a chapelry, in the parish of Shap, West ward and union, county of Westmorland, 12 miles (W. N. W.) from Orton; containing 73 inhabitants.

The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £56; patron, the Vicar of Shap.

The chapel was built at the expense of the inhabitants, in 1749. Near it is a school, founded in 1703 by Mr. Baxter, and endowed with a rent-charge of £25.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Maps

OS Grid Reference: NY5331412107 (all-numeric format: 353314 512107); 54.502°N 2.721°W

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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