St Bees Genealogical Records
St Bees Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A growing index of births registered in the region. Records include a reference to the sub-registration district, making it easier to order the correct certificate.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of birth and baptism records that cover over 250 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
An index to births registered at the central authority for England & Wales. The index provides the area where the birth was registered, mother's maiden name from September 1911 and a reference to order a birth certificate.
An index to births registered to British Army personal at home and abroad.
St Bees Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A growing index of marriages registered in the region. Records include a reference to the sub-registration district, making it easier to order the correct certificate.
Marriages recorded in the register of the meetinghouse at Beckfoot. Most records list the name of both parents.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of marriage records that cover over 160 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
Digital images of documents from civil divorce cases. The cases cover both the cause of the case and the outcome, such as division of property and visitation rights. These records also contain details of illegitimate children. Cases can be searched by a name index.
St Bees Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A growing index of deaths registered in the region. Records include a reference to the sub-registration district, making it easier to order the correct certificate.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of death and burial records that cover over 140 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
An index to deaths registered at the central authority for England and Wales. To 1866, only the locality the death was registered in was listed. Age was listed until 1969, when the deceased's date of birth was listed. Provides a reference to order a death certificate, which has further details.
St Bees Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A tax levied on the wealthier inhabitants of Cumberland.
The 1901 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
The 1891 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
Newspapers Covering St Bees
Britain's most popular provincial newspaper, covering local & national news, family announcements, government & local proceedings and more.
A collection of transcribed extracts, particularly BMD columns, from over 20 newspapers.
An index to personal notices in a railway employee magazine.
A London newspaper that later became The Sun.
A left-wing, British daily that sold up to 2 million copies a day at its peak.
St Bees Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
Digital images, indexed by testor's name, of 28,716 wills, administrations, inventories and other probate documents. The records can shed light on an individual’s relations, possessions, land holdings, legal agreements and more. They cover various jurisdictions throughout the north of England.
An index to wills, administrations and inventories proved by the Diocese of Durham and Carlisle District Probate Registry. The index provides a reference, which can be used to view original documents.
An index to 263,822 wills, administrations and other probate documents proved by an ecclesiastical court in York. The index included the testor's name, residence, year of probate, type of document and reference to order copies of the referenced document(s.).
An index to 10,195 wills, administrations and other probate documents proved by an ecclesiastical court in York. The index included the testor's name, residence, occupation, will & probate year, language, type of document and reference to order copies of the referenced document(s.).
St Bees Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
St Bees Military Records
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Details on around 165,000 men serving in the British Army, Navy and Air Force who were held as prisoners during WWII.
Index and original images of over 5 million medal index cards for British soldiers It can be searched by individual's name, Coprs, Unit and Regiment. Due to the loss of many WWI service records, this is the most complete source for British WWI soldiers
This rich collection contains contains records for 1.9 million non-commissioned officers and other ranks who fought in WWI. Due to bomb damage in WWI, around 60% of service records were lost. Documents cover: enlistment, medical status, injuries, conduct, awards and discharge. A great deal of genealogical and biographical documentation can be found in these documents, including details on entire families, physical descriptions and place of birth.
An index to nearly 900,000 military personnel who were awarded the Silver War Badge for sustaining injures. Records include rank, regimental number, unit, dates of enlistment and discharge, and reason for discharge.
St Bees Court & Legal Records
The cartulary and other records of the important Cistercian house of Holm Cultram. The records cover many places in Cumberland.
Records of over 300,000 prisoners held by quarter sessions in England & Wales. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings.
Over 175,000 records detailing prisoner's alleged offences and the outcome of their trial. Contains genealogical information.
Digital images of ledgers recording those registered to vote, searchable by an index of 220 million names. Entries list name, address, qualification to vote, description of property and sometimes age and occupation.
From the late 18th century many prisoners in Britain were kept on decommissioned ships known as hulks. This collection contains nearly 50 years of registers for various ships. Details given include: prisoner's name, date received, age, year of birth and conviction details.
St Bees Taxation Records
A tax levied on the wealthier inhabitants of Cumberland.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
An index linked to original images of registers recording apprenticeship indentures. Details are given on the trade and nature of apprenticeship. Many records list the parents of the apprentice.
A compilation of records from the Court of the Exchequer primarily dealing with taxes and land. These records are in Latin.
St Bees Land & Property Records
The cartulary and other records of the important Cistercian house of Holm Cultram. The records cover many places in Cumberland.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Poll books record the names of voters and the direction of their vote. Until 1872 only landholders could vote, so not everyone will be listed. Useful for discerning an ancestor's political leanings and landholdings. The collection is supplemented with other records relating to the vote.
Abstracts of records detailing the estates and families of deceased tenants from the reigns of Henry III and Edward I.
St Bees Directories & Gazetteers
A directory of settlements in Cumberland & Westmorland detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
St Bees Cemeteries
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
A searchable database of photographs relating to railways and canals in Britain.
St Bees Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
St Bees Histories & Books
A detailed history of St Bees, with details of schools, religion, wartime, the council and more.
A short history of St-Bees, including contemporary photographs and a map.
A collection of thousands of images, largely postcards and photographs of the former counties of Westmorland and Cumberland.
A large collection of photographs depicting the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, arranged by place.
Detailed descriptions of Cumbria parishes from Mannix & Whellan, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cumberland and Westmorland.
St Bees School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
St Bees Occupation & Business Records
An extensive website detailing over forty different industries connected with the former counties of Westmorland and Cumberland.
Profiles of collieries in the north of England, with employment statistics, profiles of those who died in the mines and photographs.
Over 1,000 photographs relating to railways in the former counties of Westmorland and Cumbria.
An index to records detailing hundreds of railway employees in Westmorland and Cumberland.
Reports of mining distastes, includes lists of the deceased and photographs of monuments.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering St Bees
Pedigrees of gentry families from Cumberland and Westmorland. Also describes their coats of arms.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Biographic and genealogical information of early Quakers in Cumberland.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
St Bees Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
Pedigrees of gentry families from Cumberland and Westmorland. Also describes their coats of arms.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Over 600 pedigrees for English and Welsh families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
St Bees Church Records
A history of the priory and its church, with details of monuments housed within, stained glass windows and more.
A short history and photograph of St Bees' Methodist Chapel.
A short history and photographs of St Bees School's private Chapel.
A history of a period when ministers who did not conform to the Common Book of Prayer were ejected from their positions. This after a period of religious tolerance under Cromwell. The book also includes biographies of the several hundred ejected ministers.
Historical and architectural dictionary to churches in the two counties. Contains numerous sketches of church features.
Biographical Directories Covering St Bees
A history of a period when ministers who did not conform to the Common Book of Prayer were ejected from their positions. This after a period of religious tolerance under Cromwell. The book also includes biographies of the several hundred ejected ministers.
A history of Cumberland and Westmorland's influence and affairs in Westminster. Also contains short biographies of the counties' members of Parliament.
Abstract biographies of people connected with mining in the North of England.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
St Bees Maps
Two maps: one outlining properties, boundaries, geographical features and the other laying out the boundary of the parish.
A map delineating Church of England parishes in the two counties.
A collection of maps and descriptions of the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland – their settlements and features.
A collection of digitalised maps covering the county.
Several maps depicting parts of Cumbria.
St Bees Reference Works
Two guides for locating and using manorial records for family and property history.
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
The ancient village of St. Bees, which forms a promontory on the shore, and had once a nunnery, founded about the year 1650 by Bega, a female of exemplary piety, on whose death a church was erected in honour of her virtues; but both these establishments having been destroyed by the Danes, William, the son of Ralph de Meschines, replaced them by a monastery for Benedictine monks; and in the reign of Henry the First, made it a cell to the Abbey of St. Mary at York. Great part of the church erected at this period still remains; the east end, however, is in ruins, but the nave is fitted up as the parish church, and the cross aisle is used as a place of sepulture; the whole edifice is of red freestone. In this village is a free school, founded in the year 1587, by Dr. Edmund Grindale, archbishop of Canterbury, under a charter of Queen Elizabeth; to this school belongs a good library, which has been greatly improved by the donations of Dr. Lamplough, archbishop of York, Dr. Smith, bishop of Carlisle, Sir John Louther, &c. The parish is of great extent, and appears from its ancient ruins to have been fortified at all the convenient landing places, by the Romans, against the incursions of the Irish and Scots. In January, 1823, the new light on St. Bees’ Head was first exhibited. It has nine reflectors.
ST. BEES is a parish, township and large village, in a deep valley, near the rocky promontory called St. Bees’ Head and has a station on the Furness railway (Whitehaven, Barrow, Ulverston and Carnforth), and is 4 ½ miles south from Whitehaven, 2 ½ west from Egremont, and 297 from, London, in the Western division of the county, ward and petty sessional division of Allerdale-above-Derwent, union and county court district of Whitehaven, and in the rural deanery of Whitehaven, archdeaconry of Westmorland and diocese of Carlisle. The parish comprises four townships., viz.:Nethertown, Sandwith, Rottington and Preston Quarter Rural; the village, which consists principally of one long street, with several terraces of well-built houses, is lighted with gas by a local company, and abundantly supplied with good water from the Cleator Moor Waterworks; the township of St. Bees is separated from that of Preston Quarter by a small beck, or stream, called the “Pow,” which runs through the village and is crossed by a bridge, on which are the arms of Archbishop Grindal, and the date 1585. The parish church of St. Mary and St. Bega, in Preston Quarter, and formerly that of the priory, is a cruciform edifice of red sandstone, in the Norman and Early English styles, consisting of choir of six bays, clerestoried nave of six bays, dating from 1150 to 1180, transepts, and an embattled central tower, over 100 feet in height and containing 8 bells, hung in 1858: the nave has a good timbered roof, and all the windows, many of which are memorials, are filled with stained glass: the west front is pierced by three lancets, and has a Norman doorway with chevron and beak-head mouldings; the font, presented by Mr. Howes, the contractor for the restoration, consists of a hexagonal basin, set on a circular base: in the church is a monument by Lough, to the Rev. W. Ainger D.D. for 24 years the incumbent of the parish, land principal of St. Bees Theological College, d. 20 Oct. 1840: a large number of carved fragments of stone, incised coffin slabs, and other sepulchras memorials, ramping from the 8th to probably the middle of the 14th century, have been found in and, about the church from time to time, and such as still remain are of great historical and artistic interest. The rudest and probably the earliest of these, discovered underneath the west front, is the upper portion of a cross-shaft, covered on both faces and one side with curious chain and scroll designs, and on the remaining side with a crenellated pattern: another fragment of similar date is the churchyard cross, now headless, but having on one side a serpent interlaced, and similar ornament on the reverse; a third venerable stone which formed the impost of a door of St. Bega’s Nunnery, was formerly built into the wall of the south aisle, but removed in 1868 to a position opposite the west front; it displays in the centre the figure of a winged monster with enormous teeth, attacked by an armed man, and at either end interlacings, and a bird within a circle; all these are of the 8th century; but of late Norman date, after 1150, there are a number of coffin slabs bearing carved or incised crosses, and one of these, now in the west wall of the transept, has also the figure of an archer; there are besides, similar relics of the 13th century, one of which is a cross-headed grave stone, for many years embedded in the bank of a hedge, but restored to the church about 1875 by Mr. William. Fox, to whose memory a handsome screen has been erected between the nave and transept; another is a coffin-slab with cross, and above it a triangular shield, charged with a bend sinister, and a roundel in the dexter chief; of this period is the gravestone of Prior Thomas de Cotyngham, who died A.D. 1300; it was found broken into many pieces, but has been skilfully restored, and is now preserved at the College; it bears an incised effigy, tonsured and vested, and has a marginal inscription; a fragment of a similar mamorial gives part of an inscription to Walter de Hualton A.D. 1281, and there is a slab of the 14th century, with a female effigy in tight-fitting dress and marginal inscription to Lady Johanna Lucy: within railings in the church are two much mutilated figures of knights, both of the late 13th century date, and one bearing a shield with the arms of Ireby; and a Late Norman piscina, a stoup and an early mortar also exist: the communion plate, given by Archbishop Grindal, bears the date 1581: the church was restored in 1855—8, under the direction of Mr. W. Butterfield, architect, and in 1858 the tower was heightened and the present bells hung: since 1873 it has been further restored, at a cost of £1,647, and affords 800 sittings. In the churchyard lie two mutilated stone effigies of knights, apparently of the 13th and 14th centuries. The registers date from the year 1538, and are perhaps the most perfect in the county, though some were damaged in 1868 by a fire, which was fortunately confined to the vestry. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £100, with 6 acres of glebe, and residence, in the gift of the Earl of Lonsdale, and held since 1896 by the Rev. James Armstrong Alexander M.A. of Queen’s College, Oxford. There is a Free Methodist chapel, built in 1866. St. Bees has from early times been distinguished for its religious foundations, a nunnery having existed here in the year 650, founded by St. Bega, an Irish saint, from which the parish takes its name; this continued for three centuries, when it was destroyed by the ravages of the Danes. A Benedictine priory was afterwards founded by William de Meschines, temp. Hen. I. upon the site of the ruined nunnery, about 1120, as a cell to St. Mary’s Abbey, York, and endowed with lands and possessions to an extent that caused it to rank high among the religious houses in the country, although it suffered at times from the attacks of armed bodies of invading Scots, and other depredators. The prior of St. Bees held the rank of Baron of the Isle of Man, and as such he was obliged to give his attendance upon the Kings and Lords of Man whensoever they required it, the refusal to do so involving the loss of the tithes and lands in that island, which the devotion of the kings had conferred on the Priory. The revenues, at the Dissolution, were estimated at £143 17s. 2d. Of the original nunnery a few interesting fragments still survive; of the Norman priory there is scarcely anything more than the traces of a water drain, since the domestic buildings were all removed about 1810; a view of them, however, as then existing, was published by Buck, about 1740.
The lighthouse stands in the township of Sand with, and is described thereunder; there are two good hotels, one of which, the “Sea Cote,” is situated at a short distance from the village, and near the sea; bathing machines are kept on the beach, and efforts are now being made to render St. Bees more attractive as a seaside resort, and for this purpose a visitors’ committee was formed in 1892. The Earl of Lonsdale, who is lord of the manor, and the Governors of St. Bees Grammar School, are the principal landowners. There are also a number of small landowners. The land in nearly every part of the parish is high, and bare of wood; but the soil towards the sea is fertile, and abounds with coal, freestone and limestone. The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The township of St. Bees contains 2,435 acres; rateable value, £6,962; the population in 1891 was 1,041.
ST. BEES COLLEGE
St. Bees Theological College, which stands in Preston Quarter, founded by George Henry Law D.D, Bishop of Chester, 1812, and of Bath and Wells, 1824—45, in the year 1816, and endowed by William, 1st Earl of Lonsdale K.G. with the advowson of the parish, and recognised by Act of Parliament (3 and 4 Vic. cap. 77), is near the church, at the entrance to the charming vale that stretches from the coast onwards to Whitehaven, and distant half a mile from the beach: it is embosomed in the foliage of trees and sheltered by the surrounding hills, and forms with the church a conspicuous object in the lovely scenery of the neighbourhood. The founder gave a sum of £200 in order to procure from Queen Anne’s Bounty the further sum of £300 to build a Principal’s house which has since been considerably enlarged. The choir of the priory church, which had been roofless for upwards of two centuries, was also repaired and fitted for the College services at the expense of the Earl of Lonsdale, and the north transept was for some time used as a library, but a new lecture room, with library above it, was built in 1863, in the Early Decorated style, at right angles to the choir. The object of the college was to supply a good and economical education to candidates for Holy Orders, but it is now (1897) closed and disused.
Schools
The Free Grammar School was founded in 1583 by Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury (1575—83), & a native of Hensingham in this parish, by virtue of a charter of Queen Elizabeth, dated 24 April 1583; under which he also framed a body of Statutes & Ordinances for its management, dated 3 July in the same year: the original charter was confirmed by the Queen, 15 June, 1585; & in 1604 (25 June), James I. granted various messuages & rents, in augmentation of the endowment, which now consists of about 26 acres of land, let for about £41 yearly; also various collieries & quarries producing about £400 a year, & a sum of £19,522 in Consols, net interest of which amounts to about £559 per annum, the total income of the school is now (1897) £1,107 Per annum. The buildings, occupying a pleasant site near the church, are constructed of red sandstone & surround a quadrangle, & include residences for the head & second masters: connected with the school is a good library of 400 volumes & a subscription news room. The emoluments include a sum of £200 from Pembroke College, Cambridge, to be disposed of in awarding Exhibitions to boys proceeding to, or resident, at any college in that university; there are also 18 Foundation Scholarships, of from £24 to £28 a year each, & two others of £15 a year each, tenable only at the School; 5 Grindal Exhibitions of £40 each for 3 years; the Fox Exhibition of about £40, founded in 1848 by Dr. Fox, sometime provost of Queen’s College, Oxford, & tenable at that college; two others of £36 for 5 years, founded by the Rev. R. Dixon, in 1858, for natives of Whitehaven educated at this school, & also tenable at Queen’s College; there are also two exhibitions of £68 yearly for 5 years, founded in 1794, by Samuel Horsley, Bishop of Rochester, for Carlisle school, but which, in default of candidates therefrom are open to boys from St. Bees; also one Grindal Exhibition of £5 10s. & four Eglesfield Exhibitions of £81 each for 4 years; boys of this school are further entitled to compete for the Lady Hastings Exhibitions at Queen’s College, Oxford, value £90 yearly for 5 years. In 1881 a new scheme was framed by the Charity Commissioners for the administration of the school, which is managed by a body of 13 governors. There are now (1897) 148 boys.
A School Board of 5 members was formed 5 Nov. 1873, for the united district of St. Bees, Rottington & Sandwith with Preston Quarter contributory sending 1 member, F. W. Jackson, Workington, clerk to the board; Isaac Mossop, Melton villa, St. Bees, attendance officer.
Board School (boys & infants), St. Bees, built in 1875 for 150 children, average attendance, 122.
Board School (girls), St. Bees, built 1843 for 60 children; average attendance, 42.
Board School (mixed), built 1804 & enlarged in 1893, for 150 children; average attendance, 72.
National School, Nethertown (mixed), for 60 children; average attendance, 35.
Most Common Surnames in St Bees
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Allerdale Above Derwent Ward |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith | 146 | 1:62 | 5.58% | 6 |
| 2 | Walker | 107 | 1:84 | 8.52% | 21 |
| 3 | Wilson | 103 | 1:88 | 3.08% | 3 |
| 4 | Graham | 96 | 1:94 | 2.40% | 1 |
| 5 | Fisher | 83 | 1:109 | 9.80% | 34 |
| 6 | Brown | 76 | 1:119 | 3.66% | 10 |
| 7 | Robinson | 71 | 1:127 | 2.88% | 7 |
| 8 | Jackson | 66 | 1:137 | 3.38% | 12 |
| 9 | Watson | 65 | 1:139 | 3.65% | 16 |
| 10 | Taylor | 61 | 1:148 | 5.89% | 24 |
| 11 | Thompson | 58 | 1:156 | 1.97% | 4 |
| 12 | Little | 57 | 1:158 | 2.83% | 11 |
| 13 | Bell | 54 | 1:167 | 1.49% | 2 |
| 14 | Dixon | 53 | 1:170 | 2.79% | 14 |
| 14 | Nicholson | 53 | 1:170 | 3.61% | 17 |
| 14 | Hodgson | 53 | 1:170 | 2.25% | 8 |
| 17 | Mossop | 52 | 1:174 | 11.02% | 73 |
| 18 | Atkinson | 49 | 1:184 | 3.64% | 19 |
| 19 | Rothery | 48 | 1:188 | 27.12% | 249 |
| 20 | Wilkinson | 47 | 1:192 | 5.28% | 31 |
| 20 | Johnston | 47 | 1:192 | 2.14% | 9 |
| 22 | Steele | 45 | 1:201 | 11.48% | 99 |
| 22 | Beck | 45 | 1:201 | 20.36% | 200 |
| 24 | Tyson | 44 | 1:205 | 6.60% | 42 |
| 25 | Reid | 40 | 1:226 | 13.03% | 127 |
| 25 | Cowan | 40 | 1:226 | 15.94% | 171 |
| 27 | FitzImons | 38 | 1:238 | 73.08% | 778 |
| 28 | Moore | 37 | 1:244 | 5.30% | 41 |
| 28 | Hutchinson | 37 | 1:244 | 9.84% | 103 |
| 28 | Singleton | 37 | 1:244 | 26.06% | 309 |
| 28 | McCourt | 37 | 1:244 | 35.24% | 411 |
| 32 | Gill | 35 | 1:258 | 8.58% | 93 |
| 32 | McAllister | 35 | 1:258 | 30.17% | 366 |
| 32 | Casson | 35 | 1:258 | 12.20% | 138 |
| 35 | Doran | 34 | 1:266 | 12.98% | 163 |
| 35 | Southward | 34 | 1:266 | 13.71% | 173 |
| 37 | Parker | 33 | 1:274 | 4.68% | 40 |
| 37 | Kennedy | 33 | 1:274 | 7.13% | 77 |
| 39 | Young | 32 | 1:282 | 4.84% | 44 |
| 39 | Todd | 32 | 1:282 | 7.24% | 84 |
| 39 | Dickinson | 32 | 1:282 | 8.02% | 96 |
| 42 | Reay | 31 | 1:291 | 6.28% | 68 |
| 42 | Tubman | 31 | 1:291 | 65.96% | 839 |
| 44 | Hunter | 30 | 1:301 | 7.16% | 89 |
| 45 | Fox | 29 | 1:311 | 14.36% | 216 |
| 45 | Wear | 29 | 1:311 | 39.73% | 579 |
| 47 | Mitchell | 28 | 1:323 | 4.89% | 53 |
| 47 | Armstrong | 28 | 1:323 | 1.00% | 5 |
| 47 | Leech | 28 | 1:323 | 34.57% | 524 |
| 50 | White | 27 | 1:335 | 4.94% | 60 |
| 50 | Harrison | 27 | 1:335 | 2.14% | 20 |
| 50 | Richardson | 27 | 1:335 | 1.84% | 18 |
| 50 | Logan | 27 | 1:335 | 24.77% | 391 |
| 50 | Kitchen | 27 | 1:335 | 10.89% | 173 |
| 50 | Batty | 27 | 1:335 | 62.79% | 914 |
| 56 | Cook | 26 | 1:347 | 7.85% | 119 |
| 56 | Williamson | 26 | 1:347 | 4.40% | 50 |
| 56 | Shepherd | 26 | 1:347 | 9.06% | 138 |
| 59 | Park | 25 | 1:361 | 4.30% | 51 |
| 60 | Green | 24 | 1:376 | 6.92% | 112 |
| 60 | Murray | 24 | 1:376 | 2.61% | 28 |
| 60 | Ray | 24 | 1:376 | 11.71% | 213 |
| 60 | Hales | 24 | 1:376 | 61.54% | 985 |
| 64 | Clark | 23 | 1:393 | 2.28% | 25 |
| 64 | Hill | 23 | 1:393 | 5.78% | 97 |
| 64 | Burns | 23 | 1:393 | 2.81% | 35 |
| 64 | Moor | 23 | 1:393 | 10.18% | 195 |
| 64 | Telford | 23 | 1:393 | 4.84% | 71 |
| 64 | Glaister | 23 | 1:393 | 8.85% | 164 |
| 70 | Anderson | 22 | 1:411 | 4.80% | 80 |
| 70 | Pearson | 22 | 1:411 | 2.36% | 27 |
| 70 | Hetherington | 22 | 1:411 | 2.07% | 23 |
| 70 | Rooney | 22 | 1:411 | 20.75% | 405 |
| 70 | Mawson | 22 | 1:411 | 13.10% | 267 |
| 70 | Lewthwaite | 22 | 1:411 | 13.10% | 267 |
| 70 | Garraway | 22 | 1:411 | 100.00% | 1,519 |
| 77 | Jones | 21 | 1:430 | 4.43% | 72 |
| 77 | Middleton | 21 | 1:430 | 21.65% | 457 |
| 77 | Shephard | 21 | 1:430 | 51.22% | 951 |
| 77 | Grears | 21 | 1:430 | 65.63% | 1,144 |
| 77 | Yowart | 21 | 1:430 | 84.00% | 1,379 |
| 82 | Martin | 20 | 1:452 | 2.24% | 30 |
| 82 | Davidson | 20 | 1:452 | 1.75% | 22 |
| 82 | Hartley | 20 | 1:452 | 6.58% | 131 |
| 82 | Nixon | 20 | 1:452 | 2.33% | 32 |
| 82 | Sewell | 20 | 1:452 | 3.32% | 48 |
| 82 | Coulthard | 20 | 1:452 | 3.84% | 63 |
| 82 | Rogan | 20 | 1:452 | 13.99% | 306 |
| 82 | Crosthwaite | 20 | 1:452 | 12.12% | 272 |
| 90 | Hall | 19 | 1:475 | 3.37% | 55 |
| 90 | Hughes | 19 | 1:475 | 8.96% | 210 |
| 90 | Scott | 19 | 1:475 | 0.98% | 13 |
| 90 | Simpson | 19 | 1:475 | 2.24% | 33 |
| 90 | Campbell | 19 | 1:475 | 3.82% | 66 |
| 90 | Carr | 19 | 1:475 | 4.65% | 92 |
| 90 | Ferguson | 19 | 1:475 | 3.05% | 46 |
| 90 | Allan | 19 | 1:475 | 10.05% | 234 |
| 90 | Stephenson | 19 | 1:475 | 3.10% | 47 |
| 90 | Knowles | 19 | 1:475 | 18.63% | 428 |
| 90 | Walsh | 19 | 1:475 | 26.76% | 595 |
| 90 | Johnstone | 19 | 1:475 | 3.17% | 49 |
| 90 | Noble | 19 | 1:475 | 6.19% | 127 |
| 90 | Pattinson | 19 | 1:475 | 2.07% | 29 |
| 90 | Bragg | 19 | 1:475 | 8.48% | 197 |
| 90 | Stalker | 19 | 1:475 | 8.26% | 190 |
| 90 | Curwen | 19 | 1:475 | 19.19% | 444 |
| 90 | Burney | 19 | 1:475 | 34.55% | 733 |
| 90 | Burnyeat | 19 | 1:475 | 34.55% | 733 |
| 109 | McKenzie | 18 | 1:502 | 8.07% | 199 |
| 109 | Reed | 18 | 1:502 | 4.09% | 85 |
| 109 | Douglas | 18 | 1:502 | 4.99% | 107 |
| 109 | Oldfield | 18 | 1:502 | 50.00% | 1,036 |
| 109 | Kitchin | 18 | 1:502 | 18.00% | 439 |
| 114 | Russell | 17 | 1:531 | 12.41% | 317 |
| 114 | Henderson | 17 | 1:531 | 3.06% | 58 |
| 114 | Lancaster | 17 | 1:531 | 3.50% | 69 |
| 114 | Duffy | 17 | 1:531 | 12.50% | 321 |
| 114 | Ma'call | 17 | 1:531 | 16.35% | 420 |
| 114 | Telfer | 17 | 1:531 | 26.56% | 645 |
| 120 | Wood | 16 | 1:565 | 2.15% | 38 |
| 120 | Cooper | 16 | 1:565 | 7.44% | 205 |
| 120 | Morgan | 16 | 1:565 | 5.00% | 122 |
| 120 | Carter | 16 | 1:565 | 7.73% | 211 |
| 120 | Murphy | 16 | 1:565 | 3.46% | 78 |
| 120 | Parkinson | 16 | 1:565 | 23.88% | 619 |
| 120 | Lucas | 16 | 1:565 | 39.02% | 951 |
| 120 | Addison | 16 | 1:565 | 11.19% | 306 |
| 120 | Carruthers | 16 | 1:565 | 1.70% | 26 |
| 120 | Leeson | 16 | 1:565 | 88.89% | 1,736 |
| 120 | Ellwood | 16 | 1:565 | 6.32% | 170 |
| 120 | Nulty | 16 | 1:565 | 40.00% | 967 |
| 132 | Stewart | 15 | 1:602 | 3.60% | 91 |
| 132 | Gray | 15 | 1:602 | 8.67% | 256 |
| 132 | Mann | 15 | 1:602 | 16.67% | 484 |
| 132 | Fleming | 15 | 1:602 | 5.47% | 153 |
| 132 | Allison | 15 | 1:602 | 6.28% | 182 |
| 132 | Milburn | 15 | 1:602 | 4.09% | 104 |
| 132 | Lowther | 15 | 1:602 | 7.58% | 220 |
| 132 | Brydon | 15 | 1:602 | 41.67% | 1,036 |
| 132 | Fearon | 15 | 1:602 | 4.84% | 124 |
| 132 | McCoid | 15 | 1:602 | 44.12% | 1,081 |
| 132 | Magrady | 15 | 1:602 | 100.00% | 1,948 |
| 143 | Holmes | 14 | 1:645 | 2.52% | 56 |
| 143 | Gibson | 14 | 1:645 | 1.85% | 37 |
| 143 | Ramsay | 14 | 1:645 | 18.92% | 574 |
| 143 | Calvert | 14 | 1:645 | 8.54% | 274 |
| 143 | Quinn | 14 | 1:645 | 8.05% | 254 |
| 143 | Jenkinson | 14 | 1:645 | 5.28% | 159 |
| 143 | McCartney | 14 | 1:645 | 17.07% | 514 |
| 143 | Crone | 14 | 1:645 | 14.74% | 467 |
| 143 | Fee | 14 | 1:645 | 30.43% | 855 |
| 143 | Muncaster | 14 | 1:645 | 18.18% | 552 |
| 153 | Wright | 13 | 1:695 | 2.02% | 45 |
| 153 | Clarke | 13 | 1:695 | 3.57% | 106 |
| 153 | Mason | 13 | 1:695 | 3.80% | 116 |
| 153 | Baxter | 13 | 1:695 | 5.06% | 166 |
| 153 | Savage | 13 | 1:695 | 7.39% | 251 |
| 153 | Hale | 13 | 1:695 | 35.14% | 1,022 |
| 153 | Benson | 13 | 1:695 | 3.70% | 111 |
| 153 | Weeks | 13 | 1:695 | 25.49% | 789 |
| 153 | Metcalf | 13 | 1:695 | 8.55% | 292 |
| 153 | Sands | 13 | 1:695 | 41.94% | 1,174 |
| 153 | Christian | 13 | 1:695 | 19.40% | 619 |
| 153 | Tremble | 13 | 1:695 | 9.49% | 317 |
| 153 | Conery | 13 | 1:695 | 100.00% | 2,156 |
| 166 | Edwards | 12 | 1:753 | 7.23% | 271 |
| 166 | Lee | 12 | 1:753 | 4.33% | 150 |
| 166 | Bradley | 12 | 1:753 | 7.55% | 284 |
| 166 | Robson | 12 | 1:753 | 2.25% | 61 |
| 166 | Barber | 12 | 1:753 | 21.82% | 733 |
| 166 | Nelson | 12 | 1:753 | 2.73% | 85 |
| 166 | Craig | 12 | 1:753 | 6.94% | 256 |
| 166 | Pickering | 12 | 1:753 | 3.90% | 126 |
| 166 | Connor | 12 | 1:753 | 12.12% | 444 |
| 166 | Rudd | 12 | 1:753 | 10.53% | 374 |
| 166 | McGill | 12 | 1:753 | 22.22% | 747 |
| 166 | Rook | 12 | 1:753 | 10.34% | 366 |
| 166 | Simon | 12 | 1:753 | 20.00% | 678 |
| 166 | Lowery | 12 | 1:753 | 19.05% | 650 |
| 166 | Kirkbride | 12 | 1:753 | 3.91% | 127 |
| 166 | Gair | 12 | 1:753 | 60.00% | 1,609 |
| 166 | Swinburn | 12 | 1:753 | 12.24% | 453 |
| 166 | Killen | 12 | 1:753 | 38.71% | 1,174 |
| 166 | Horricks | 12 | 1:753 | 63.16% | 1,660 |
| 166 | Waldern | 12 | 1:753 | 100.00% | 2,282 |
| 166 | Reiling | 12 | 1:753 | 100.00% | 2,282 |
| 166 | Renniker | 12 | 1:753 | 100.00% | 2,282 |
| 188 | Davis | 11 | 1:821 | 5.39% | 214 |
| 188 | Palmer | 11 | 1:821 | 5.31% | 211 |
| 188 | Elliott | 11 | 1:821 | 2.48% | 83 |
| 188 | Moss | 11 | 1:821 | 23.91% | 855 |
| 188 | Banks | 11 | 1:821 | 3.09% | 108 |
| 188 | Preston | 11 | 1:821 | 9.91% | 384 |
| 188 | Patterson | 11 | 1:821 | 4.80% | 191 |
| 188 | Stott | 11 | 1:821 | 29.73% | 1,022 |
| 188 | Rodgers | 11 | 1:821 | 6.88% | 283 |
| 188 | Johns | 11 | 1:821 | 37.93% | 1,235 |
| 188 | Head | 11 | 1:821 | 6.04% | 243 |
| 188 | Irvine | 11 | 1:821 | 29.73% | 1,022 |
| 188 | Edgar | 11 | 1:821 | 2.70% | 93 |
| 188 | Skelton | 11 | 1:821 | 3.55% | 124 |
| 188 | McGowan | 11 | 1:821 | 11.96% | 477 |
| 188 | Starkey | 11 | 1:821 | 28.95% | 1,006 |
| 188 | Copeland | 11 | 1:821 | 26.83% | 951 |
| 188 | Grayson | 11 | 1:821 | 25.00% | 888 |
| 188 | Farrer | 11 | 1:821 | 15.71% | 603 |
| 188 | Flinn | 11 | 1:821 | 14.67% | 565 |
| 188 | Benn | 11 | 1:821 | 7.64% | 304 |
| 188 | Keir | 11 | 1:821 | 64.71% | 1,791 |
| 188 | Hanlon | 11 | 1:821 | 45.83% | 1,423 |
| 188 | Creighton | 11 | 1:821 | 10.09% | 391 |
| 188 | McGuiness | 11 | 1:821 | 25.58% | 914 |
| 188 | Kellet | 11 | 1:821 | 40.74% | 1,314 |
| 188 | Dailey | 11 | 1:821 | 31.43% | 1,057 |
| 188 | Westmorland | 11 | 1:821 | 15.28% | 586 |
| 188 | Quilliam | 11 | 1:821 | 100.00% | 2,421 |
| 188 | Hawson | 11 | 1:821 | 100.00% | 2,421 |
| 188 | Borrowdale | 11 | 1:821 | 12.09% | 480 |
| 188 | Tatters | 11 | 1:821 | 25.00% | 888 |
| 188 | Gaddes | 11 | 1:821 | 26.19% | 932 |
| 188 | Frears | 11 | 1:821 | 25.58% | 914 |
| 188 | Coyles | 11 | 1:821 | 45.83% | 1,423 |
| 188 | McQuilliam | 11 | 1:821 | 73.33% | 1,948 |
| 188 | McKinnly | 11 | 1:821 | 100.00% | 2,421 |