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[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Lancashire]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Lancashire Parishes]] | [[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Lancashire]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Lancashire Parishes]] | ||
Guide to '''Coniston, Lancashire family history and genealogy:''' chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | |||
== 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. A church was erected 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> | "CONISTON, MONK, with Skelwith, a township, in the parish of [[Hawkshead,_Lancashire|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. A church was erected 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> | ||
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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==== Probate records ==== | ==== Probate records ==== | ||
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Lancashire Probate Records|Lancashire Probate Records]] to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish. | Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Lancashire Probate Records|Lancashire Probate Records]] to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish. | ||
==== Taxation ==== | ==== Taxation ==== | ||
*'''1665-1667''' - Lancashire Hearth Tax: Lonsdale Hundred, Coniston. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/e179/default.asp E 179/132/352], The National Archives. Microfilm: {{FHL|988765|item|disp=FHL Film 2228692}}. | *'''1665-1667''' - Lancashire Hearth Tax: Lonsdale Hundred, Coniston. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/e179/default.asp E 179/132/352], The National Archives. Microfilm: {{FHL|988765|item|disp=FHL Film 2228692}}. | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} {{Lancashire}} | ||
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[[Category:Lancashire]] | [[Category:Lancashire]] | ||