Walney, Lancashire
Historical Description
Walney, an island and a chapelry in the borough of Barrow-in-Furness, Dalton-in-Furness parish, Lancashire. The island is separated from Lower Furness by a narrow strait, adjoins in its central part the harbour and town of Barrow-in-Furness, extends south-south-eastward from the mouth of the Duddon's estuary to the N side of the entrance to Morecambe Bay, measures 11 miles in length and nowhere more than 1 mile in breadth, is low and flat, contains the villages of Northscale and Biggar, is surmounted at the SE end by a lighthouse 70 feet high, erected in 1790, and has a post office under Barrow-in-Furness; money order and telegraph office, Barrow. The chapelry includes a neighbouring isle. Population, 484. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Carlisle; net value, £148 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Dalton. The church was rebuilt in 1852, and consists of chancel, nave, S porch, and bell-turret. There is a New Connexion Methodist chapel at North Scales. A valuable bed of salt exists on the island.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lancashire | |
Civil parish | Dalton In Furness | |
Hundred | Lonsdale north of the Sands | |
Poor Law union | Ulverston |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Lancashire Archives, have images of the Parish Registers for Lancashire online.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Walney from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Walney, Isle Of)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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