Burneside, Kent

Historical Description

Burneside, a village and an ecclesiastical parish in Kendal parish, Westmoreland, on the river Kent and the Windermere railway, 2 miles NNW of Kendal. There is a station on the niilway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Kendal. Population of the ecclesiastical parish, 1161. The manor belongs to the Earl of Lonsdale. Burneside Hall was formerly the seat of the Braithwaites, one of whom wrote " Drunken Barnaby's Journal." Godmond Hall belonged formerly to the Godmonds, and was fortified. There is a " holy well." Paper-making is carried on. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Carlisle; net value, £170 with residence. Patrons, trustees. The church was rebuilt in 1825, and enlarged in 1861. There is an endowed school.

Administration

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

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Burneside from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Burneside)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:

• Kent & Sussex Courier
• Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
• Dover Express
• Kentish Gazette
• Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
• Kentish Chronicle
• Maidstone Telegraph

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.