England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Kendal lies in, and indeed covers, much of central southern Westmorland; such is its size that it forms part of the borders with both neighbouring Lancashire and also Yorkshire. Kendal is the county town of Westmorland and the town is its major population centre. Kendal is located about 22 miles north of the Lancashire county town of Lancaster and 47 miles south of the Cumberland county town of Carlisle. Kendal sits astride the A6 road which runs from London to the Scottish border, albeit the town is now bypassed to its east by the modern M6 motorway. Kendal also sits on the rail link connecting Lake Windermere to the main west coast main line between London & Scotland. Kendal's origins are obscure and disputed, it was undoubtedly a Roman way station on the A6's predecessor and marked the start of the high-level route north across the fells. Kendal, however, was not incorporated until the reign of Queen Elizabeth the first in 1575. Kendal grew steadily as a market town and this process was accelerated by an influx of Flemish weavers who established this business in the town and it became the principal employment. The wider parish of Kendal is devoted largely to hill farming in particular of the hardy Cumbrian sheep, the Herdwick. The town is largely built either side of the River Kent and runs for almost 2 miles down the valley having expanded somewhat in recent times. The River Kent forms just north of Kendal by the merging of the Rivers Gowan, Sprint & Mint and flows southwards to reach the Irish Sea through Morecambe Bay. Kendal is sited at around 50 metres above the sea, higher & more modern part of the town rise to over 110 metres. The wider parish of Kendal covers extensive areas of high ground including peaks from the southern Lake District. Kendal parish if physically one of the largest in England, covering almost 68,500 acres, it includes numerous chapelries many of which will have their own separate pages within this site as they were licensed for marriages. The population of the wider parish would have been just over 14,000 parishioners. In Domesday times Kendal was a rather small and insignificant place, it was held directly by King William, himself, and while not detailed as to assets was only taxed at 20 geld units making it a small place indeed. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 22nd April 1754 - 21st May 1766 | Cumbria Archives - Kendal - Reference - WPR
38/1/2/1 |
Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None NB this register is completed in an unusual way, right hand pages normally reversed from rear to front for left hand pages |
2 | 24th May 1766 - 15th November 1781 | Cumbria Archives - Kendal - Reference - WPR 38/1/2/2 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | Bleedthrough of ink may lead to one or two misreads |
3 | 3rd December 1781 - 9th April 1796 | Cumbria Archives - Kendal - Reference - WPR 38/1/2/3 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
4 | 18th April 1796 - 20th November 1809 | Cumbria Archives - Kendal - Reference - WPR 38/1/2/4 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
5 | 20th November 1809 - 30th December 1812 | Cumbria Archives - Kendal - Reference - WPR 38/1/2/5 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
6 | 4th January 1813 - 24th October 1821 | Cumbria Archives - Kendal - Reference - WPR 38/1/2/6a | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None NB this register is bundled with its successor into a single archival deposit |
7 | 31st October 1821 - 24th February 1830 | Cumbria Archives - Kendal - Reference - WPR 38/1/2/6b | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads |
None |
8 | 4th March 1830 - 29th June 1837 | Cumbria Archives - Kendal - Reference - WPR 38/1/2/7 | Nonstandard Rose style preprinted Marriage register, it is nonstandard in not being pre-stamped with its numbering which is left to the clerk to complete | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Windermere
St Mary
Crook St Catherine Hugill St Anne Staveley St Margaret Kentmere St Cuthbert |
Shap
St Michael
Long Sleddale St Mary Burneside St Oswald |
Orton
All Saints
Kirkby Lonsdale St Mary Selside St Thomas Greyrigg St John Firbank St John the Evangelist |
Windermere
St Mary
Cartmel St Mary & St Michael, Lancashire Cartmel Fell St Anthony, Lancashire Crook St Catherine Winster Holy Trinity Underbarrow All Saints |
Orton
All Saints
Greyrigg St John Kirkby Lonsdale St Mary Sedbergh St Andrew, Yorkshire |
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Heversham
St Peter
Crosthwaite cum Lyth St Mary |
Heversham
St Peter
Helsington St John Natland St Mark |
Kirkby
Lonsdale St Mary
Preston Patrick St Gregory Old Hutton St John the Baptist New Hutton St Stephen |
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