"Covers the modern county of Cumbria, which consists of the whole of the pre-1974 counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, together with the part of Lancashire lying to the north of Morecambe Bay (North Lonsdale) and the West Riding parish of Sedbergh." web site.

The Registrar has organized Westmoreland Parish into districts and assigned them codes as follows: Savanna la Mar (LA), Grange Hill (LB), Bluefield (LC), Kings (LD), St. Paul's (LE), Petersfield (LF), Seaford Town (LG), St. Peter's (LH), Bethel Town (LI), Sheffield (LK), Bigwoods (LL), Darliston (LM), Porter's Mountain (LN), Townhead (LO), Sutcliffe Mount (LP), Friendship (LQ), Ashton (LR), Cornwall Mountain (LS), Glenislay (LT), Beeston Spring (LV),...

Of the five Western Deaneries, Amounderness and Furness were completely in Lancashire. Copeland was completely in Cumberland, Kendal partly in Lancashire and partly in Westmorland, and Lonsdale was partly in Lancashire, Westmorland, and Yorkshire.

The Registrar has assigned Westmoreland Parish the letter code L. The marriage records are collected into annual registers and numbered consecutively. Some documents are missing and others have been filed or filmed out of sequence.