Grange over Sands, Lancashire
Historical Description
Grange-over-Sands, a village and an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1884 from Cartmel parish, Lancashire. The village stands on the Winster estuary, overlooking Morecambe Bay, 2 miles ESE of Cartmel, is in much local repute as a watering-place, and has a station on the Fnmess railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office (R.S.O.) Population of ecclesiastical parish, 1494. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle; net value, £290 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Carlisle. The church was built in 1853, and, consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and bell turret. There are Wesleyan and Roman Catholic chapels.
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Lancashire Archives, have images of the Parish Registers for Lancashire online.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lancashire newspapers online: