GENUKI: Romaldkirk

The Ancient Parish of ROMALDKIRK

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"ROMALDKIRK, a parish in the wapentake of Gilling West, and liberty of Richmondshire; 6 miles NW. of Barnard Castle. A most extensive parish, situated in Teesdale, extending from Deepdale, near Barnard Castle, to the confines of the three counties of York, Durham, and Westmoreland. This parish includes the townships of Lartington, Cotherstone, Hunderthwaite, Mickleton, Lune, Helwick, and Romaldkirk. Population, 377." (There is further information for Romaldkirk).

Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.

Arngill
Birtle
Bowbank
Corn Park
Cotherstone
Cragg
Crossthwaite
Deepdale
Doe Park Hall
East Briscoe
Eastfield
Grassholme

Greengates
Hagworm Hall
Holwick
Hunderthwaite
Hury
Kelton
Laithkirk
Lartington
Lonton
Loupside
Lunedale
Mickleton

Naby
Nettlepot
Scoon Bank
Thring Garth
Thringarth Hill
Thwaite Hall
Unthank
Waybill
Wemmergill Hall
Westfield
Wooden Croft
Wythes Hill

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- St Romald's Church, Romaldkirk view 1.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
  - Looking across the nave
  - showing the steps up to the pulpit
- St Romald's Church, Romaldkirk view 2.
- St. Cuthbert's Church, Cotherstone.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- The Methodist Church, Cotherstone.
- The former Independent Chapel, Cotherstone.
- St. Lawrence's Roman Catholic Church, Lartington (now a private dwelling).
- Lartington Hall with the (former) Roman Catholic Chapel, Lartington.
- The former Methodist Chapel, Lartington, now Wesley House - a private dwelling).
- The Church of the Holy Barn, Laithkirk.
- The Primitive Methodist Church, Lunedale.
- The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Mickleton (now a private dwelling).

Church History

A transcript of Cotherstone Congregational Church History
Transcript of the entry for Romaldkirk in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Romaldkirk.
The list of the Rectors of Romaldkirk in St. Romald's Church.

Directories

Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the North Riding.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1890. of the North Riding.

Gazetteers

There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1890 History and Directory of the North Riding.

History

A separate ecclesiastical parish consisting of the townships of Lunedale, Mickleton, and Holwick (formerly a chapelry under this parish), was constituted in 1845. See Laithkirk Parish.

Maps

For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.

Memorial Inscriptions

The WWI Roll of Honour in the Church at Romaldkirk.

Names, Geographical

The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
- (NY860210) Arngill House
- (NY930180) Baldersdale
- (NZ004203) Doe Park
- (NY889215) Stackholme
- (NY962200) Thorngarth Hill
- (NZ035178) Towler Hill
- (NY901217) Wemmergill Hall (Farm)
- (NY967191) West Briscoe
- (NZ006207) Woden Croft

Societies

This parish is covered by the following Society:
- Cleveland FHS

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