Dalton in Furness, Lancashire Genealogy

Guide to Dalton in Furness, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
DALTON-IN-FURNESS (St. Mary), a market town and parish, in the union of Ulverston, hundred of Lonsdale north of the Sands, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 5 miles (S. W.) from Ulverston,and 265 (N. W. by N.) from London; containing,the port of Barrow, the chapelries of Ireleth, Ramsyde,and Walney, and the townships of Yarleside and Hawcoat. Other places in the parish include: Dalton Proper, Hawcoat, Ireleth, Lindale and Martin, North Scale, Barrow in Furness, Roa Island, Yarlside, Above Town, Above Town Division, and Roa.

Dalton is mentioned in the Domesday Book as one of the townships forming the Manor of Hougun held by Earl Tostig.Historically, it was the capital of Furness. The ancient parish of Dalton covered the area which is now occupied by the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. The town is now in the civil parish of Dalton Town with Newton. Historically a part of Lancashire, the town is associated with a number of famous artists and since 1974 has been part of Cumbria.

Dalton with Newton Town Council was the first corporate member of the Friends of Real Lancashire, an organization dedicated to recognizing the traditional county boundaries of Lancashire.

Dalton Castle is a 14th-century peel tower situated in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. It was constructed by the monks of Furness Abbey for the protection of the nearby market town, and was the building from which the Abbot administered the area and dispensed justice.

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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
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Church of England
Chapelry is a church or churches built in a large ecclesiastical parish to help the members attend worship services closer to their homes.

Chapelries of Dalton in Furness
Online Parish Records Table

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 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
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 * Joiner Marriage Index - Lancashire ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Lancashire ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
 * OnLine Parish Clerks - Lancashire - OnLine Parish Clerks project for Lancashire

Non-Conformist Churches (All other Religions)

 * 1647-1996 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

Poor Law Unions
Ulverston Poor Law Union,Lancashire

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

Taxation

 * 1665-1667 - Lancashire Hearth Tax: Lonsdale Hundred, Dalton in Furness. E 179/132/352, The National Archives. Microfilm: . Also includes Barrowhead, Biggar, Hawcoat, Ireleth, Newbarns, North Scale, Old Barrow, Rampside, Roosecote, Salthouse, and Stank.

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