Carlatton, Cumberland Genealogy

England Cumberland  Cumberland Parishes

Parish History
"CARLATTON, an extra-parochial liberty, in Eskdale ward, E. division of Cumberland, 9½ miles (E. S. E.) from Carlisle; containing 61 inhabitants, and comprising 1600 acres. Several coins, supposed to be Roman, have been discovered in ploughing a field forming part of the Low Hall estate; and at a farm called Saugh-tree-gate is a cairn."

From: Lewis, Samuel A., "A Topographical Dictionary of England" (1848), pp. 511-520. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50857 Date accessed: 29 July 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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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.

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Web sites
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