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"This parish is bounded on the west by the Irish sea, on the north by Irton and Drigg, on the east by Ulpha and Eskdale, and on the west by Waberthwaite. It consist of two townships, Muncaster and Birkby. A vein of iron ore is supposed to exist at a place called Brankenwalls gill, the property of the Rev. Samuel Dupre of Bridgenorth, but neither coal, limestone nor freestone is found in this parish. Lord Muncaster is the principal landowner, and the population of the parish in 1841 was 602 souls." [Description from Mannix & Whellan's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cumberland, 1847]
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The original records and bishops transcripts are held in Carlisle RO, but readers can only access registers on microfilm.
The reference number links to the CASCAT catalogue listing for all church records for the parish.
Parish | Church | CASCAT ref | Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | Banns | BTs | IGI Batches | Research Wiki |
Muncaster | St Michael | 1583-1850 | 1585-1930 | 1583-1881 | 1811-1913 | 1676-1874 |
IGI batch numbers are those compiled by Hugh Wallis on Rootsweb (Hugh Wallis) that can be used to search directly in FamilySearch.
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The FamilySearch Research Wiki page also indicates coverage on other resources, including paying and subscription access genealogical platforms.
- A Description of Muncaster transcribed from Mannix & Whellan's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cumberland, 1847 by Carol Bennett.
- The transcription of the section for Muncaster from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SD104966 (Lat/Lon: 54.357025, -3.380236), Muncaster which are provided by:
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