Excerpts from the Parish Records of Witherslack, Westmorland

This information has been extracted from transcripts of the original Witherslack parish records held at the Cumbria Records Office in Kendal. Whilst every care has been taken to make this listing as accurate and complete as possible, no guarantee as to its fitness for any purpose whatsoever is given. Use of this data is entirely at your own risk.
>Ancestral Surnames
Bainbridge, Dixon, Docker, Jackson, Mason, Moore, Parkinson, Pattinson, Whitehead
>Other Surnames
Airey, Anderton, Barber, Barker, Barrow, Chamberlain, Chamley, Clark, Cleghorn, Crossfield, Dickenson, England, Falshaw, Gibson, Haresnaps, Hewertson, James, Kilner, Nelson, Park, Pricket, Pugh, Ralph, Shaw, Simms, Strickland, Wilson

Baptismal Records: 1671-1900

Birth dates are in parentheses.
Surname      Forename     Parents                               Date

Dixon        William      illegitmate son of John               25 Jun 1700
Docker       Edward       Richard, from Far Fell End            10 Apr 1715
Dixon        Robert       Nicholas & Margaret, from Foulshaw    16 Oct 1716
Dixon        James        Nicholas & Margaret, from Foulshaw    13 Apr 1719
Bainbridge   John         Robert                                24 Apr 1737
Docker       Hannah       Edward                                31 Mar 1740
Bainbridg    Hannah       Robert                                20 Jul 1740
Docker       Jane         Edward & Frances, from High Fell End  16 Sep 1744
Bainbridge   Robert       Robert & Anne, from Low-wood           2 Dec 1757
Dixon        James        illegitimate son of Anne              31 Jul 1768
Bainbridge   Susanna      William & Margaret                     9 Apr 1775
                          from Killington
Parkinson    Ellin        John & Mary, from High Fell End      (23 Oct 1779)
                                                                21 Nov 1779
Parkinson    William      John & Mary, from High Fell End      (13 Apr 1783)
                                                                11 May 1783
Jackson      Betty        Samuel & Rebecca,                    (14 Jul 1790)
                          from High Fowlshaw House               7 Oct 1790
Dixon        James        James & Margaret, from Low-wood      ( 7 Aug 1791)
                                                                28 Aug 1791
Dixon        Mary         James & Margaret, from Low-wood      (12 Jul 1793)
                                                                18 Aug 1793
Dixon        Dorothy      James & Margaret, from Low-wood      (25 Dec 1795)
                                                                10 Jan 1796
Dixon        Agnes        James & Margaret, from Low-wood      ( 9 Jun 1799)
                                                                23 Jun 1799
Jackson      Thomas       Michael & Anne, from Beckhead        (21 Feb 1800)
                                                                 4 May 1800
Dixon        Betty        James & Margaret, from Low-wood      (16 Feb 1801)
                                                                 1 Mar 1801
Jackson      George       George, husbandman, & Sarah          (15 Aug 1802)
                          from Fowlshaw New House               19 Sep 1802 
Jackson      Samuel       George, farmer, & Sarah, from Ulvah  (29 Nov 1804)
                                                                 1 Jan 1805
Jackson      Jane         George, farmer, & Sarah, from Ulvah  ( 7 Sep 1807)
                                                                19 Oct 1807
Docker       William      Anthony, farmer, & Bella             (30 Apr 1808)
                          from Barkhouse brow foot               5 Jun 1808
Jackson      James        George, farmer, & Sarah, from Ulvah  ( 3 Apr 1810)
                                                                29 Apr 1810
Moore        John         Isaac, labourer, & Anne              (10 Nov 1810)
                          from Miln beck Smithy                  9 Dec 1810
Docker       Anthony      Anthony, labourer, & Betty           (16 May 1817)
                          from Beck Head                        22 Mar 1818
Dixon        Elizabeth    James, house carpenter, & Agnes      ( 9 Feb 1818)
                          from Higher Meathop                   15 Mar 1818
Docker       Fanny        Anthony, labourer & pauper, & Betty  (14 Jun 1819)
                          from Park Lodge                        4 Jul 1819
Dixon        John         James, house carpenter, & Agnes      (25 Dec 1819)
                          from Higher Meathop                   11 Jun 1820
Docker       Ann          Anthony, labourer, & Betty           (30 Jun 1821)
                          from Hallwood Lodge                   25 Nov 1821
Dixon        James        James, house carpenter, & Agnes      (23 Feb 1822)
                          from Higher Meethop                   24 Mar 1822
Docker       Agnes        Anthony, labourer, & Elizabeth       (18 Jun 1824)
                          from Park Lodge                       15 Aug 1824
Jackson      Thomas       illegitimate son of Mary, servant,   ( 9 Apr 1825)
                          from Nether Hall                       7 May 1825
Docker       Edward       Anthony, labourer, & Elizabeth        30 Sep 1826
                          from Park Lodge
Docker       Rachel       Anthony, husbandman, & Elizabeth      10 Aug 1828
                          from Park Lodge
Docker       Hannah       Anthony, labourer, & Elizabeth         9 Mar 1831
                          from Park Lodge
Moor         Thomas       illegitimate son of Jane              24 Nov 1833
                          singlewoman, from Townend
Jackson      John         George, labourer, & Mary Ann           6 Sep 1846
             Ashbridge    from Foulshaw
Jackson      John         William, farmer, & Jane                3 Oct 1852
                          from Moss Plain
Jackson      John Thomas  John, labourer, & Isabella            21 May 1854
                          from Halecat
Jackson      Elizabeth    William, farmer, & Jane               30 Jun 1854
                          from Moss Plain
Docker       Elizabeth    Anthony, labourer, & Jane             17 Feb 1856
                          from Witherslack
Jackson      Thomas Mark  Thomas, farmer, & Ann                 30 Mar 1856
                          from Black Bull
Docker       Rachel Jane  illegitimate daughter of Hannah,       6 May 1856
                          singlewoman, from Witherslack
Jackson      Mary Jane    William, farmer, & Jane                2 Nov 1856
                          from Moss Plain
Parkinson    Margaret     Robert, carpenter, & Mary             11 Jan 1857
                          from Witherslack
Jackson      William      Thomas, farmer, & Ann                 12 Sep 1858
                          from Black Bull
Parkinson    William      Robert, carpenter, & Mary             10 Oct 1858
                          from Witherslack
Docker       Margaret     Hannah, singlewoman, from Townend     17 Feb 1861
Jackson      Rosanna      Thomas, labourer, & Ann               19 May 1861
                          from Townend
Docker       Thomas       Anthony, labourer, & Jane              2 Feb 1862
                          from Townend
Parkinson    Sarah        Robert, carpenter, & Mary             23 Feb 1862
                          from Witherslack
Parkinson    Robert       Robert, carpenter, & Mary             16 Aug 1863
             Dennison     from Witherslack
Docker       Mary Jane    Anthony, labourer, & Jane             11 Dec 1864
                          from Townend
Parkinson    James        Robert, carpenter, & Mary              9 Jul 1865
                          from Witherslack
Docker       Elizabeth    Hannah, singlewoman, from Townend     13 Aug 1865
             Agnes
Parkinson    John Thomas  Robert, carpenter, & Mary             13 Oct 1867
                          from Witherslack
Docker       Ann          illegitimate daughter of Jane, widow  25 Oct 1868
             Isabella     from Townend
Parkinson    Joseph       Robert, carpenter, & Mary             10 Jan 1869
             Wright       from Witherslack
Parkinson    Edwin        Robert, carpenter, & Mary             17 Apr 1870
                          from Witherslack
Jackson      Thomas       Richard, huntsman, & Mary             12 Feb 1871
             Bigland      from Low Fell End (High Park, 
                          Oxenholme, was added in pencil)
Parkinson    Frederick    Robert, carpenter, & Mary             18 Feb 1872
                          from Townend
Docker       Mary         Rachel Jane, singlewoman              21 May 1873
             Eleanor      from Townend
Moore        William      Richard, labourer, & Elizabeth        29 Jul 1874
             Atkinson     from Spa Cottages
Parkinson    Eliza        Robert, carpenter, & Mary              8 Nov 1874
                          from Townend
Moore        Annie        Richard, labourer, & Elizabeth        26 Sep 1875
                          from Spa Cottages
Parkinson    Alfred       Robert, carpenter, & Mary             28 Jan 1877
                          from Townend
Whitehead    Rebecca      Robert, labourer, & Mary              11 Mar 1877
                          from Townend
Moore        Alice        Richard, labourer, & Elizabeth        12 Aug 1877
                          from Spa Cottages
Jackson      Thomas       Michael, labourer, & Eliza            13 Oct 1878
                          from The Birks
Moore        Emily        Richard, labourer, & Elizabeth        25 Jun 1879
                          from Spa Cottages
Whitehead    William      Robert, labourer, & Mary               1 Feb 1880
             Park         from Townend
Moore        Betsy        Richard, labourer, & Elizabeth        11 Sep 1881
                          from Spa Cottages
Moore        Edith        Richard, wood cutter, & Elizabeth      4 Apr 1884
                          from Spa Cottages
Moore        Sarah        Richard, wood cutter, & Elizabeth      6 Mar 1887
                          from Spa Cottages
Dixon        Johnny       John, farmer, & Mary Ellen,          ( 5 Dec 1888)
                          from Meethop                          13 Jan 1889
Pearson      Robert       Elizabeth Agnes, singlewoman         (30 Dec 1889)
             William      from Townend (the surname Docker      10 Feb 1890
                          was added in pencil)
Parkinson    Margaret     Frederick, carpenter, & Rachel Sarah (12 Sep 1892)
                          from Long Haw House                    9 Oct 1892
Jackson      George       Michael, labourer, & Eliza           ( 5 Feb 1893)
             Samuel       from Spa Cottages                      2 Apr 1893
Parkinson    Mary         Frederick, carpenter, & Rachel Sarah   8 Jul 1894
             Elizabeth    from Townend
Jackson      Kathleen     Michael, labourer, & Eliza             8 Dec 1895
             Rose         from Spa Cottages

Marriage Records: 1671-1900

Surname      Forename     Notes                                 Date

Crossfield   John                                               25 May 1684
Dixon        Margaret

Dickenson    Thomas                                              4 Aug 1700
Jackson      Judith

Strickland   Edward                                             23 Jan 1702/3
Whitehead    Isabel

Docker       Richard      Both were from Witherslack. Banns.     2 May 1709
England      Jane

Dixon        Nicholas     Groom was from Foulshaw. Bride was     2 May 1715
Kilner       Margaret     from Witherslack.

Falshaw      William      Banns.                                 3 Apr 1716
Moor         Jane

Parkinson    Thomas       Both were from Witherslack.           19 Nov 1721
Hewertson    Elizabeth

Dixon        Robert       Both were from Kendal. Bride was a    26 Dec 1739
Jackson      Elizabeth    widow.

Bainbridge   Robert       Both were from Witherslack. Groom      3 Nov 1755
Ayrey        Anne         was a husbandman. Bride was
                          illiterate. Banns.

Barrow       John         Both were from Witherslack. Groom      1 Sep 1759
Jackson      Jane         was a yeoman. Bride was single.
                          Licence.

Pricket      Edward       Both were from Witherslack. Groom     24 May 1760
Bainbridge   Agnes        was a husbandman. Bride was single
                          and illiterate.

James        Richard      Both were illiterate and from         21 Jul 1766
Bainbridge   Hannah       Beetham. Groom was a labourer. Bride
                          was single.

Chamley      Thomas       Both were illiterate and from          2 Dec 1776
Jackson      Margaret     Witherslack. Groom was a husbandman.
                          Bride was single.

Jackson      Michael      Both were single. Groom was 26 and    30 Sep 1799
Haresnaps    Ann          from Underbarrow, Kendal. Bride was
                          19, illiterate and from Witherslack.
                          Banns.

Nelson       Robert       Both were from Witherslack. Groom     16 May 1802
Jackson      Mary         was 23 and a husbandman. Bride was
                          22, single and illiterate. Licence.

Gibson       Richard      Groom was 33 and a husbandman from    13 Apr 1806
Jackson      Ann          Kendal. Bride was 29, single and
                          from Witherslack. Licence.

Anderton     Thomas       Both were single and from Meathop.     3 Mar 1849
Parkinson    Mary Ann     Groom was a husbandman. Bride was
                          illiterate. Fathers: [none]; Joseph
                          Parkinson, weaver. Licence.

Jackson      Richard      Both were single. Groom was a         13 Dec 1870
Clark        Mary         huntsman from High Park near
                          Oxenholme. Bride was a minor from
                          Low Fell End. Fathers: Richard
                          Jackson, shoemaker; Thomas Noble
                          Clark, farmer. Licence.

Cleghorn     Alexander    Both were single. Groom was a         15 Nov 1871
Jackson      Elizabeth    labourer from Kirkby Lonsdale. Bride
             Ann          was a servant from Witherslack.
                          Fathers: James Cleghorn, farm
                          bailiff; Thomas Jackson, labourer.
                          Licence.

Jackson      Thomas       Both were single. Groom was a         17 Jun 1872
Park         Alice        labourer from Preston Richard. Bride
                          was from Witherslack. Fathers: John
                          Jackson, farmer; Robert Park,
                          labourer. Banns.

Ralph        James        Both were single. Groom was 22 and a   7 Aug 1875
Docker       Elizabeth    blacksmith from Settle, Yorkshire.
                          Bride was a minor from Witherslack.
                          Fathers: Luke Ralph, labourer;
                          Anthony Docker, labourer. Banns.

Jackson      Michael      Both were single. Groom was 26 and    18 Oct 1877
Pugh         Eliza        a labourer from Witherslack. Bride
                          was 22 and from Bowness. Fathers:
                          Thomas Jackson, labourer; John Pugh,
                          labourer. Banns.

Dixon        John         Both were 24 and single. Groom was a   6 May 1880
Barker       Mary         gardener from Silverdale. Bride was
                          from Witherslack. Fathers: John
                          Dixon, joiner; Henry Barker, carter.
                          Banns.

Pattinson    Joseph       Both were single. Groom was 22 and a  14 Feb 1889
Wilson       Margaret     butcher from New Street, Carnforth,
             Isabel       Lancashire. Bride was 23 and from
                          Ulpha. Fathers: John Pattinson,
                          butcher; William Wilson, farmer.
                          Banns.

Barber       John Airey   Groom was 41, a widower and a carter   3 Dec 1889
Parkinson    Mary         from Nether Hall. Bride was 29, 
                          single and from Long Howe House.
                          Fathers: Robert Parkinson, joiner;
                          Robert Barber, farmer. Witnesses:
                          Anne Parkinson, Thomas J. Parkinson.
                          Banns.

Moore        Thomas       Both were single farm servants from   24 May 1890
Simms        Elizabeth    Ulpha. Groom was 36. Bride was 32.
                          Fathers: William Moore, labourer;
                          Henry Simms, mason. Banns.

Shaw         Charles      Both were single and from             28 Aug 1890
Mason        Alice        Witherslack. Both fathers were
                          deceased. Banns.

Chamberlain  Albert       Both were single. Groom was 26 and a  31 Jul 1894
             Edgar        grocer from Worksop. Bride was 23
Mason        Cecily Mary  and a and a school mistress from
                          Halecote in Witherslack. Fathers:
                          Frederick Joseph Chamberlain, school
                          master; George Mason, coachman.
                          Witnesses: George Mason, Margaret
                          Jane Mason. Banns.

Burial Records: 1671-1900

Death dates are in parentheses.
Surname      Forename     Notes                                 Date

Bainbridge   Catherine    wife of Robert                         5 May 1741
Bainbridge   Isabel       from Methop                            9 May 1741
Jackson      Martha       spinster, "late of Meathop"           14 Sep 1762
Dixon        Mary         age 5 years 6 months,                (13 Jan 1799)
                          daughter of James & Margaret from     15 Jan 1799
                          Low-wood, cause of death: worms
Mason        James        age 52, from Burblethwaite Hall       20 Sep 1813
                          in Cartmel Fell
Mason        Jane         age 56, widow                         21 Mar 1816
                          Burblethwaite Hall in Cartmel Fell
Mason        Jane         age 23, daughter of James & Jane,     24 Feb 1822
                          deceased, from Burblethwaite Hall
Mason        Hannah       age 31, from Cartmel Fell              4 Nov 1849
Docker       Anthony      age 73, from Witherslack              21 May 1851
Docker       Elizabeth    age 69, from Witherslack              23 Jun 1857
Mason        James        age 68, from Chapel House in          18 Mar 1861
                          Cartmel Fell
Mason        Hannah       age 60, from Chapel House in           3 Feb 1863
                          Cartmel Fell
Mason        Isabella     age 55, from Goswick Hall in           8 Apr 1864
                          Cartmel Fell
Docker       Anthony      age 47, from Townend                  24 Nov 1864
Mason        James        age 16, from Goswick Hall in           5 Apr 1866
                          Cartmel Fell
Parkinson    James        age 3, from Witherslack                3 Dec 1868
Parkinson    Joseph       infant, from Witherslack               1 May 1869
             Wright
Jackson      Mark         age 18, from Townend                   8 Jan 1875
Mason        Eleanor      age 75, from Chapel House in           5 Nov 1875
                          Cartmel Fell
Docker       Thomas       age 15, from Low Levens               10 Sep 1876
Pattinson    Margaret     age 26, of Lancaster                   6 Jul 1892
             Isobel
Parkinson    Mary         age 59, from Townend                  31 Jan 1893
             Mattinson
Parkinson    Mary         age 17, from Townend                  28 Mar 1894
             Elizabeth
Whitehead    Robert       age 63, from North Lodge              27 Jul 1899
Moore        Alice        age 22, from The Spa                  10 Jan 1900
Moore        Betsy        age 18, from The Spa                  13 Apr 1900

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