Croglin, Cumberland Family History Guide
Croglin is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cumberland.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1646
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1668
Nonconformists include: Methodist
Adjacent Parishes
- Alston with Garrigill
- Cumwhitton
- Cumrew
- Renwick
- Geltsdale
- Kirkoswald
- Knaresdale
- Kirkhaugh
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CROGLIN, a parish in Penrith district, Cumberland; on the Croglin river, under Cumrew Fell, 4 miles NNE of Kirkoswald, and 7½ SSE of Milton r. station. It has a post office under Penrith. Acres, 9,180. Real property, £1,773. Pop., 254. Houses, 58. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to the Hastingses, the Whartons, and the Wyndhams. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £300. Patron, the Rev. E. Bowman. The church is partly early English; is in tolerable condition; and has a curious stone cross. A school has £24 from endowment; and had, for a pupil, Dr. Locke, the founder of Westminster lying-in-hospital.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch Catalog
Census
Census returns for Croglin, 1841-1891
Church Records
Church records, 1723-1909 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Croglin (Cumberland)
Computer printout of Croglin, Cumb., Eng
Cemeteries
Public records
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Cumberland
- Civil Registration District: Penrith
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Carlisle (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Carlisle
- Rural Deanery: Allerdale
- Poor Law Union: Penrith
- Hundred: Leath Ward
- Province: York