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Baptisms

• Westmorland Baptisms at Findmypast - index & images ($)
• 67,043 Westmorland entries are included in England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 at Ancestry (£).

Marriages

• Westmorland Marriages at Findmypast - index & images ($)
• 25,590 Westmorland entries are included in England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940 at Ancestry (£).

Marriage Licences

• 1648-1755 - Marriage Bonds for the Deaneries of Lonsdale, Kendal, Furness and Copel: Part of the Archdeaconry of Richmond, Now Preserved at Lancaster (Preston). 7 vols. FS Library Books 942.7 B4Lc v. 74, 75, 80, 81, 83, 100, 115.

• 1668-1762 - Diocese of Carlisle, Marriage Licence/Bonds. 3 vols. FS Library Books 942 K29c v. 1-3.

Burials

• Westmorland Burials at Findmypast - index & images ($)

Archives

Kendal Archive and Local Studies Centre
Kendal County Offices
Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4RQ UK

Telephone: 01539 713 539
Email:kendal.archives@cumbria.gov.uk
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Records relating to the historic county of Westmorland, and also some for the Sedbergh-Dent district (formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire) and for the Cartmel district (formerly in Lancashire North of the Sands).

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Barrow Archive Centre and Local Studies Library
Ramsden Square
Barrow-in-Furness
Cumbria
LA14 1LL, UK

Telephone: 01229 407377
Email: barrow.archives@cumbria.gov.uk
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Barrow-in-Furness is a port town in Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. In 2023 the borough will merge with Eden and South Lakeland districts to form a new unitary authority; Westmorland and Furness.

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