Upperby, Cumberland Genealogy

England Cumberland  Cumberland Parishes

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

Township History
UPPERBY, a township, in the parish of St. Cuthbert, Carlisle, union of Carlisle, Cumberland ward, E. division of Cumberland, 1¾ mile (S. E. by S.) from Carlisle.

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 for Upperby, 1846-1930

Church records, 1846-1944

Bishop's transcripts Upperby, 1846-1889

Non-Conformist Churches
None

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


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain