Staveley, Lancashire Genealogy

England Lancashire  Lancashire Parishes

Chapelry History
Staveley St Mary was an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1718 from chapelry in Cartmel Cartmel,_Lancashire Ancient Parish.Other places in the parish include: Newby Bridge.

The church is in the Diocese of Carlisle and the Archdeaconry of Windermere, St. Mary's is one of three parishes which constitute the Leven Valley Benefice.

Historically in Lancashire since 1974 Staveley has been in Cumbria.

STAVELEY, a township-chapelry in Cartmel parish, Lancashire: at the foot of Windermere, 7 miles N of Cark and Cartmel r. station. It includes part of Newby-Bridge, which has a post-office under Newton-in-Cartmel. Acres, 2,480. Real property, £3,621. Pop., 409. Houses, 76. The manor belongs to the Duke of Devonshire. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £110.* Patron, the Duke of Devonshire. The church was enlarged in 1864. There are two endowed schools for respectively boys and girls. John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Lancashire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

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