Selside, Westmorland Family History Guide

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Selside is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Westmorland, created in 1772 from a chapelry in Kendal Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Fawcet Forest and Fawcett Forest.

Alternative names: Selside and Whitwell, Whitwell and Selside

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1753
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SELSIDE, a township and a chapelry in Kendal parish, Westmoreland. The township lies 3 miles N N E of Burneside r. station, and 4 N by E of Kendal; and bears the name of Selside and Whitwell. Real property, £2, 384. Pop., 257. Houses, 43.

The manor belongs to the Hon. Mrs. F. G. Howard. A seat of the Thornburgh family was here, and has left some traces. The chapelry is larger than the township. Post-town, Kendal. Pop., 308.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £94. Patrons, the Landowners. The church was built in 1720, and reconstructed in 1838.

There is an endowed school with £50 a year.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Memorial inscriptions for St. Thomas, Selside and St John the Evangelist, Grayrigg

Census returns for Selside and Whitwell, 1841-1891

Parish records of the chapelry of Selside Author: Booth, Ian L.

Bishop’s transcripts for Kendal, 1721-1845

Bishop’s transcripts for Selside, 1813-1876

Parish register, Kendal England, 1673, 1689-1707, 1710-1823

Parish registers for Kendal, 1558-1907

Parish registers for Selside, 1753-1858

Computer printout of Selside, Westmoreland, England

Maps

OS Grid Reference: SD5395798859 (all-numeric format: 353958 498860)

Vision of Britain historical maps
OS maps

Ordnance Survey
OS maps

National Library of Scotland
OS maps

Administration

  • County: Westmorland
  • Civil Registration District: Kendal
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Western Deaneries – Kendal
  • Diocese: Chester
  • Rural Deanery: Kendal
  • Poor Law Union: Kendal
  • Hundred: Kendal
  • Province: York