Cumberland, England Genealogy

England Cumberland

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

County Information
"CUMBERLAND, a maritime and border county bounded on the N by the Solway frith and Scotland, on the E by Northumberland and Durham, on the SE and S by Westmoreland and Lancashire, and on the W by the Irish sea...

"The county contains 106 parishes and 5 extra-parochial places... eighteen towns are market-towns; and there are upwards of 340 smaller towns, villages, and hamlets... in the diocese of Carlisle. The assizes and the quarter sessions are held at Carlisle...

"The places of worship in 1851 were 161 of the Church of England, 2 of the Church of Scotland, 5 of the English Presbyterian church, 10 of the United Presbyterian church, 24 of Independents, 9 of Baptists, 20 of Quakers, 1 of Unitarians, 96 of Wesleyan Methodists, 23  of Primitive Methodists, 17 of the Wesleyan Association, 2 of Brethren, 7 of isolated congregations, 4 of Latter Day Saints, and 8 of Roman Catholics...  (John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72).  For the full account, go to Vision of Britain.)

Research Tools
Browse a list of Wiki articles for Cumberland.


 * Cumbria County History Trust research tool

Jurisdictions
Use an interactive mapto find jurisdictions for each parish in Cumberland. From this map you will be able to determine the Civil Registration District, Deanery, Poor Law Union, Ward, Probate District, of every parish. A Ward in Cumberland was known as a Hundred in other counties.


 * Online Cumbria County History Trust interactive map

Civil Districts

 * Carlisle Borough
 * Wards
 * Allerdale - above Derwent
 * Allerdale - below Derwent
 * Cumberland
 * Eskdale
 * Leath
 * Cumberland Poor Law Unions - created in 1835
 * Cumberland Civil Registration Districts - Registration began 1837

When civil (government) registration of births, marriages and deaths began in 1837, Cumberland was divided into civil districts, each containing several parishes. Go to a list of Cumberland districts and the parishes they include. Read more about England Civil Registration.

Parishes

 * A listing of townships and parishes Online Cumbria County History Trust

Probates
Before 1858, every town and parish in Cumberland was under the probate jurisdiction of several ecclesiastical courts. To learn more, go to Cumberland Probate Jurisdictions.

Websites

 * Cumberland Resources and help pages on RootsChat Cumberland Resources and help pages. (Free).
 * Online parish information on Cumbria County History Trust

To view a list of web sites and/or web pages for Cumberland and many of its parishes, visit FHLFavorites.info.