Workington St John, Cumberland Genealogy
Guide to Workington St John, Cumberland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Workington St John, Cumberland | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ecclesiastical Parish (England) |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Allerdale above Derwent |
| County | Cumberland, England Genealogy |
| Poor Law Union | Whitehaven |
| Registration District | Whitehaven |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1753 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1753 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Copeland |
| Diocese | Carlisle |
| Province | York |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Western Deaneries - Copeland |
| Location of Archive | |
| Cumberland Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
St. John's district church was erected under the auspices of Her Majesty's Commissioners, the first stone being laid on April 15th,1822. The living is in the gift of the Rector, who also presents to the chapel at Clifton.
WORKINGTON, a town, a parish, and a sub-district, in Cockermouth district, Cumberland. The town stands on the coast, at the mouth of the river Derwent, and on the Maryport and Whitehaven railway, at the junction of the railway to Cockermouth, 7 miles N by E of Whitehaven. There are four dissenting chapels, and a Roman Catholic chapel. [1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Church records[edit | edit source]
Workington St John parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| Workington St John Online Parish Records | ||||||
| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| FS | 1538-1975 | 1538-1973 | 1538-1991 | |||
| BOYD | 1538-1850 | |||||
| NBI | 1538-1939 | |||||
| IGI | ||||||
| FS Catalog PRs | ||||||
| FS Catalog BTs | ||||||
To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.
Non-Conformist Churches[edit | edit source]
None
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Probate records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Cumberland Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
Workington on GENUKI
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848 Date accessed and adapted 8 July 2013.
- ↑ ArcherSoftware.co.uk
