Setmurthy, Cumberland Genealogy

England Cumberland  Cumberland Parishes

Parish History
"SETMURTHY, a chapelry, in the parish of Brigham, union of Cockermouth, Allerdale ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 4 miles (E. N. E.) from Cockermouth; containing 181 inhabitants. The chapelry comprises 2579a. 24p., of which about 1690 acres are pasture, 763 arable, and 124 woodland. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £54; patrons, the Inhabitants. A rent-charge of £16 has been awarded as a commutation for the impropriate tithes. The chapel, a plain neat edifice, was built by the landed proprietors in 1794; and a school was erected in the following year, for the endowment of which about 60 acres of land were allotted at the inclosure, in 1812."

From: Lewis, Samuel A., "A Topographical Dictionary of England" (1848), pp. 48-51. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51264 Date accessed: 05 September 2011

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Probate records
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