Culgaith is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cumberland, created in 1739 from chapelry in Kirkland Ancient Parish.
Alternative names:
Parish church: All Saints
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1758
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1794
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
Adjacent Parishes
- Brougham, Westmorland
- Kirkland
- Edenhall
- Temple Sowerby, Westmorland
- Newbiggin St Edmund, Westmorland
- Cliburn, Westmorland
- Langwathby
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CULGAITH, a township-chapelry in Kirkland parish, Cumberland: on the rivers Eden and Tees, at the boundary with Westmoreland, 1½ mile N of Temple-Sowerby r. station, and 6½ E by S of Penrith. Post town, Edenhall, under Penrith. Real property, £2, 693. Pop., 323. Houses, 60. The property is divided among a few . The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £80. Patron, the Vicar of Kirkland. The church is good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
CULGAITH, a chapelry, in the parish of Kirkland, union of Penrith, Leath ward, E. division of Cumberland, 7 miles (E.) of Penrith; containing 361 inhabitants. It comprises 2697a. 2r. 26p., the whole arable, except 150 acres of woodland. From the Crowdundle quarries, here, is raised red freestone of excellent quality for building, of which blocks of immense size are obtained for pillars and other uses. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £80; patron, the Vicar of Kirkland; impropriator, the Rev. R. Rice. The chapel is dedicated to All Saints.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
FamilySearch Catalog
Census returns for Culgaith, 1841-1891
Bishop’s transcripts for Culgaith for Culgaith, 1794-1894
Computer printout of Culgaith, Cumb., Eng
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Census
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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
