Wasdale Head, Cumberland Genealogy

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Chapelry History
"WASDALE-HEAD, with Eskdale, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Bees, union of Bootle, Allerdale ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 11 miles (S. W. by S.) from Keswick; containing 375 inhabitants, of whom 35 are in Wasdale-Head. It is pleasantly situated at the head of Wast-water lake, in a narrow valley almost surrounded by lofty hills. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £80; patron, the Incumbent of St. Bees. The chapel is very small."

From: Lewis, Samuel A., "A Topographical Dictionary of England" (1848), pp. 482-484. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51380 Date accessed: 26 August 2011.

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Probate records
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