Guide to church records
Use the links below for details of our holdings by religious denomination:
- Church of England Parish Records
- Diocesan and Cathedral Records
- Methodist Records
- Baptist Records
- Independent and Congregational Records
- Presbyterian, Church of Scotland and United Reformed Church Records
- Society of Friends (Quakers)
- Unitarian, Inghamite, Plymouth Brethren and other non-conformist churches
- Roman Catholic Records
- Wills and Probate before 1858
Details of coverage of church and chapel registers (baptisms, marriages, burials) by place and date for family historians can be found using the documents below:
Cumbrian Church of England parish registers (PDF, 347 KB)
Map of Cumbrian Anglican parishes (PDF, 1.84 MB)
Cumbrian Methodist circuit and chapel registers (PDF, 142 KB)