Nether Wasdale, Cumberland Genealogy

England Cumberland  Cumberland Parishes

Chapelry History
"WASDALE, or Nether Wasdale, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Bees, union of Whitehaven, Allerdale ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 4 miles (E.) from Gosforth; containing 203 inhabitants. The chapelry comprises about 15,200 acres, of which 14,000 are common and waste, and the rest arable, pasture, and woodland, in nearly equal portions. Here is the beautiful lake Wast-water, three miles long, half a mile broad, and forty-five fathoms deep, or about fifteen fathoms below the level of the sea; which disproportion as to its extent and depth accounts, perhaps, for its never having been known to freeze. A fair for sheep is held on the first Monday in September. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £66; patron, the Incumbent of St. Bees."

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: 13 September 2011..

Civil Registration
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Probate records
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