Westmorland, England Genealogy

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

County Information
Westmorland (or sometimes Westmoreland) was an inland county located in the upper north-western part of England. The County of Westmorland ceased to exist in 1974, when local government in England was re-organised. From that date, all of the geographical area of Westmorland became part of the new county of Cumbria.

"WESTMORELAND is an inland... Much of the scenery is romantic or picturesque; and that in the west forms a main part of the features of the English lake region... The county contains 31 parishes and a part; is divided into Kendal borough, and East, West, Kendal, and Lonsdale wards... comprises 487,567 acres... The only town with more than 2,000 inhabitants is Kendal; but there are about 220 smaller towns, villages, and hamlets... '

Newspaper Archives

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Parishes
Use an interactive mapto find jurisdictions for each parish in Westmorland.

Civil Districts
List of Westmorland Civil Registration Districts