Grinsdale is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cumberland.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1738
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1668
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
GRINSDALE, a parish in Carlisle district, Cumberland; on the river Eden, the Roman wall, and the Carlisle and Silloth railway, 2¾ miles NW of Carlisle. Posttown, Carlisle. Acres, 890. Real property, £1,174. Pop., 100. house, 23. The property is divided among a few. The manor formerly belonged to the family of De Grinsdale. The traces of the Roman wall here are now very slight. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £108. Patron, Joseph Dacre, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1739, and is not good.
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 Grinsdale, 1841-1891 Author: Great Britain. Census Office
Church Records
Computer printout of Grinsdale, Cumb., Eng
Cemeteries
Burgh by Sands monumental inscriptions Author: Cumbria Family History Society
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Cumberland
- Civil Registration District: Carlisle
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Carlisle (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Carlisle
- Rural Deanery: Carlisle
- Poor Law Union: Carlisle
- Hundred: Cumberland Ward
- Province: York