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Aldingham, a parish in Lancashire, on Morecambe Bay, 4 miles from Dalton railway station, and 5 S by W of Ulverstone. It includes the villages of Gleaston, Leece, and Dendron, and the hamlets of Baycliff, Scales, and Newbiggin with Roosebeck. The first three now form a separate parochial district with church at Dendron, formerly a chapelry of Aldingham. Post town, Ulverstone; money order office, Dalton; telegraph office, Bardsea. Acreage, 4812; population, 1151. The manor belongs to the Crown. Much land formerly in the parish has been carried off by the sea. Gleaston Castle, now a ruin of three towers, with connecting walls, was a seat of the Le Flemings, and of the Duke of Suffolk, the father of Lady Jane Grey. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle; yearly value, £750 with residence. Patron, the Crown. The church is very good. The living of Dendron is a separate benefice. There is a Congregational chapel at Gleaston. Aldingham Hall is a mansion in the Tudor style of architecture, and commands fine views of Morecambe Bay. There are stone quarries in the parish.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
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Census
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6th June 1841
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30th March 1851
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7th April 1861
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2nd April 1871
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3rd April 1881
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5th April 1891
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31st March 1901
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Aldingham church, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, is an ancient building, its origins being around the time of the conquest, and probably rebuilt about the early 15th century. It is situated about five miles south of Ulverston and six miles slightly north-east of Barrow in Furness, on the shore of Morecombe Bay, or perhaps more accurately, on the west bank of the mouth of the estuary of the river Leven.
Parish Registers
St. Cuthbert's, Aldingham
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