Geltsdale, Cumberland Family History Guide

Geltsdale is an extra-parochial place.

Alternative names: Geltsdale Forest, Gertsdale

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Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• Castle Carrock
• Cumrew
• Hayton
• Midgeholme
• Knaresdale
• Croglin

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

GELTSDALE FOREST, a tract in Cumberland, traversed by the river Gelt, and noticed in the preceding article. It belonged formerly to Henham priory; and belongs now to the Earl of Carlisle. Real property, £9,648; of which £8,000 are in mines.

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 Geltsdale Forest, 1841-1891

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

• County: Cumberland
• Civil Registration District: Brampton
• Probate Court: Search the courts of the surrounding parishes
• Diocese: Not Applicable
• Rural Deanery: Not Applicable
• Poor Law Union: Brampton
• Hundred: Eskdale Ward
• Province: York