Winster, Westmorland Genealogy

England Westmorland Westmorland Parishes

Guide to Winster, Westmorland family history and genealogy: parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
WINSTER, a chapelry, in the parish, union, and ward of Kendal, county of Westmorland, 7 miles (W.)from Kendal.

Winster was created a chapelry by the year 1813 and lay within the ancient parish boundaries of Kendal Holy Trinity.

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
Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Westmorland 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