Westmorland

Westmorland County Map (source: Wikipedia)

Westmorland

County town: Appleby

Other major towns: Kendal

Way up in the north west of England, Westmorland forms a main part of Lake District National Park. In the greater part hilly, much of Westmorland is unspoiled. Copper was mined from the western mountains, slate and limestone were quarried, along with marble which is fashioned into chimney-pieces, ornaments etc.

Samuel Coleridge lived at Keswick.

Also see Cumberland page

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Links

Primary Reference Links

• Cumbria Record Office

• Cumbria FHS

• Cumbria/Cumberland/Westmorland Genealogy Links

• Westmoreland County Genealogy Project

Countywide Interest

• Constables 1787 Census Index

• 1851 Census for Cumberland & Westmorland

• General Information

• Eden Valley in Cumbria - Cumberland and Westmorland

• Cumbrian Genealogy

• North Pennine Ancestors

• North Westmorland Window Tax 1777

• Principal Inhabitants of Cumberland and Westmoreland 1829 .PDF

• Westmorland Papers

Specific Town and Village Interest

• Kirkby Stephen

• Maulds Meaburn

• Milnthorpe Parish Records

• Patterdale Includes some Parish Records

• Witherslack Parish Records

Maps and Photographs

• Frith Pictures

• Town and Village Maps

• Images of Cumbria

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