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== Chapelry History  ==
== Chapelry History  ==


CONISTON, MONK, with Skelwith, a township, in the parish of Hawkshead, union of Ulverston, hundred of Lonsdale north of the Sands, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 4 miles (W. by N.) from Hawkshead; containing 470 inhabitants, of whom 259 are in Monk-Coniston. This place consists of various groups of houses and neat cottages, roofed with slate from the adjacent mountains, and beautifully scattered round the head of Coniston Lake, anciently called Thurston Water, which is about six miles in length from north to south, about half a mile in its greatest width, and about twenty-seven fathoms in depth. The lake abounds with char, said to be of finer flavour than the char of other lakes; and at the head, on the margin of the water, is an inn for the accommodation of visiters, where post-horses, carriages, and pleasure-boats are always in readiness. The scenery around abounds with every variety of picturesque and romantic grandeur. A church was erected and endowed by Mr. Redmayne, on the Brathey Hall estate, here, in 1835, and consecrated the year following; it is a neat edifice on the road from Hawkshead to Ambleside, near Brathey Bridge, where are two pleasing cascades.  
"CONISTON, MONK, with Skelwith, a township, in the parish of Hawkshead, union of Ulverston, hundred of Lonsdale north of the Sands, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 4 miles (W. by N.) from Hawkshead.&nbsp;A church was erected&nbsp;on the Brathey Hall estate in 1835."<ref>''[[A Topographical Dictionary of England]]'' by Samuel Lewis (1848), pp. 679-682. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50894 Date accessed: Adapted. 29 June 2010.</ref>
 
From: ''[[A Topographical Dictionary of England]]'' by Samuel Lewis (1848), pp. 679-682. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50894 Date accessed: 29 June 2010.  


Slate quarrying and tourism are the two main sources of employment in the village.  
Slate quarrying and tourism are the two main sources of employment in the village.  
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Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD].  
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD].  


==== Lancashire Online Parish Clerks ====
==== Lancashire Online Parish Clerks ====


An extremely useful resource for research in Lancashire Parishes http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/<br>
An extremely useful resource for research in Lancashire Parishes http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/<br>
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==== Census records  ====
==== Census records  ====


{{Expand section|any unique information, such as ''the census for X year was destroyed''}}
{{Expand section|any unique information, such as ''the census for X year was destroyed''}}  


http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census  
http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census  


==== Poor Law Unions<br> ====
==== Poor Law Unions<br> ====


[[Ulverston Poor Law Union,Lancashire]]  
[[Ulverston Poor Law Union,Lancashire]]  
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http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53336 British History online Monks Coniston<br>
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53336 British History online Monks Coniston<br>
== Reference ==
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