Nenthead, Cumberland Genealogy

Guide to Nenthead, Cumberland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Chapelry History
NENT-HEAD, a hamlet, in the parish and union of Alston, Leath ward, E. division of Cumberland, 4¼ miles (E. S. E.) from Alston. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have places of worship. A chapel of ease of the Church of England was built at Nenthead in 1846 with baptism, marriage and burial registers commencing from that year. See the FHL online Catalog for Nenthead, as well as Garrigill (1698) chapelries, and Alston, the ancient or mother parish--with surviving parish registers only from 1701. These two chapelries were attached to and subdivided Alton St Augustine ancient parish.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church Records
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Parish registers for Nenthead, 1846-1969

Non-Conformist Churches

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
 * Primitive Methodist
 * Society of Friends/Quaker
 * Wesleyan Methodist - Church records, 1839-1963
 * Wesleyan Church - Births and baptisms, 1827-1837 Births and baptisms, 1810-1837
 * Primitive Methodist Church -Births and baptisms, 1825-1837

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Cumberland Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain