Wreay, Cumberland Genealogy

England Cumberland  Cumberland Parishes

Chapelry History
"WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of Carlisle St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland ward, E. division of the county of Cumberland, 5¾ miles (S. E. by S.) from Carlisle; containing 151 inhabitants."

"CARLISLE, an ancient city and inland port, having separate jurisdiction, and the head of a union, situated in the ward, and E. division of the county, of Cumberland (of which it is the chief town), 302 miles (N. N. W.) from London, on the great western road to Edinburgh and Glasgow; containing 23,012 inhabitants."

"Carlisle is comprised within the two parishes of St. Mary and St. Cuthbert, which respectively contain, including parts without the city, 13,576 and 10,965 inhabitants. There were four district churches, namely, [Holy] Trinity, in the parish of St. Mary, and Christ Church, in that of St. Cuthbert, Upperby Chapelry (1846) and Wreay Chapelry (1749). There are meeting-houses for Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, Wesleyans, and Presbyterians; and a Roman Catholic chapel."

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 of England Parishes (and Chapelries)

 * Carisle St Cuthbert - ancient parish - 1663
 * Carlisle Christ Church - 1830
 * Upperby Chapel - 1846
 * Carlisle St Mary - ancient parish - 1648
 * Carlisle Holy Trinity - 1831
 * St James Chapelry - 1863
 * St Paul Chapelry - 1870
 * Wreay Chapelry - 1750

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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851 *Vision of Britain