Houghton St John is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cumberland, created in 1841 from Stanwix Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Kingmoor, Kingstown, and King Moor.
Alternative names: Houghton, Houghton St John with Kingmoor
Parish church: St John
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1840
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1841
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HOUGHTON, a township in Stanwix parish, and a chapelry including also Kingmoor extra-parochial tract, Cumberland. The township lies on an affluent of the river Eden and on the North British railway, adjacent to the Roman wall, 2½ miles N by E of Carlisle. Acres, 1,478. Real property, £2,579. Pop., 369. Houses, 80. The chapelry was constituted in 1841; and its post town is Carlisle. Pop., 865. Houses, 178. Houghton Hall is a chief residence. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £40. Patrons, Trustees. The church was built in 1840, and has a tower. There is an endowed school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
HOUGHTON, a township, in the parish of Stanwix, union of Carlisle, Eskdale ward, E. division of Cumberland, 2 miles (N. by E.) from Carlisle; containing 372 inhabitants. The patronage of St. John’s new church, here, built and endowed by subscription, and to which a district is assigned, has been vested in trustees by Her Majesty’s Commissioners.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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Directories
Kelly’s Directory of the Leather Trades 1880
HOUGHTON
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Hall Robert
Clogger
Mean Thomas
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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: Eskdale Ward
- Province: York