Troutbeck, Westmorland Family History Guide

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Troutbeck is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Westmorland, created in 1747 from a chapelry in Windermere Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Troutbeck Bridge.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1579
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1698

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

TROUTBECK, a village and a township-chapelry in Windermere parish, Westmoreland. The village stands 2½ miles N by W of Windermere r. station; is not a village in the ordinary sense of the word, but a series of hamlets bearing different names, and aggregately about 1½ mile long; and has a post-office, of the name of Trout-beck-Bridge, under Windermere.

The chapelry comprises 4,700 acres of land, and 622 of water. Real property, £2,718. Pop., 428. Houses, 81. The surface is a picturesque vale, overhung by mountains, beautified with culture, and descending with magnificent outlook to the shore of Windermere lake.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value. £62. Patron, the Rector of Windermere. The church was built in 1562, and repaired in 1828.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Jesus Church monumental inscriptons, Troutbeck, Westmoreland, England

Census returns for Troutbeck, 1841-1891

Bishop’s transcripts for Troutbeck, 1698-1865

Parish register transcripts, christenings & marriages [abt. 1670-1812]

Computer printout of Troutbeck, Westmoreland, England

Maps

OS Grid Reference: NY3845425681 (all-numeric format: 338454 525681)

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: Kendal
  • Poor Law Union: Kendal
  • Hundred: Kendal
  • Province: York