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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.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLancashire 
Civil parishDalton In Furness 
HundredLonsdale north of the Sands 
Poor Law unionUlverston 

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

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Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.


Newspapers and Periodicals

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