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"COCKERMOUTH, a parliamentary borough, market town, and chapelry, in the parish of Brigham, in the ward of Allerdale-above-Derwent, in the county of Cumberland, 8 miles E. of Workington, and 15½ N.W. of Whitehaven. It has a station on the Cockermouth and Workington branch of the North-Western railway. A new line is in course of construction from Cockermouth, through the vale of the Derwent, to join the Lancaster and Carlisle line near Penrith." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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| Friends' Meeting House, Cockermouth, Society of Friends |
| All Saints, Cockermouth, Church of England |
| Christ Church, Cockermouth, Church of England |
| High Head Chapel, Skelton, Church of England |
| Main Street, Cockermouth, Independent |
| Cockermouth Cemetery, Cockermouth, Cemetery |
| St Joseph, Cockermouth, Roman Catholic |
| Friends' Meeting House, Cockermouth, Society of Friends |
The original records and bishops transcripts are held in Carlisle RO, but readers can only access registers on microfilm.
The reference number links to the CASCat catalogue listing for all church records for the parish.
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Parish |
Church |
CASCAT ref |
Baptisms |
Marriages |
Burials |
Banns |
BTs |
IGI Batches |
Research Wiki |
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Cockermouth |
All Saints |
1632-1987 |
1632-1998 |
1632-1937 |
1824-1997 |
1689-1862 |
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Cockermouth |
Christ Church |
1865-1946 |
1865-1984 |
1866-1958 |
IGI batch numbers are those compiled by Hugh Wallis on Rootsweb (Hugh Wallis) that can be used to search directly in FamilySearch.
Alternatively try the Archers Software interface.
Holdings for non-conformist records are
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Chapel |
Baptisms |
Marriages |
Burials |
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Cockermouth |
Congregational |
1651-1685; 1848 - 1908 |
1848 - 1908 |
1656-1706; 1848-1908 |
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Cockermouth and Keswick |
Wesleyan Methodist |
1882-1952 |
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Cockermouth |
Wesleyan Methodist |
1841-1882 |
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Cockermouth |
Primitive Methodist |
1893-1952 |
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Cockermouth, New Street |
Primitive Methodist |
1920-1952 |
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Cockermouth (Pardshaw) |
Society of Friends |
1849-1882 |
1828-1911 |
The FamilySearch Research Wiki page also indicates coverage on other resources, including paying and subscription access genealogical platforms.
- The transcription of the section for Cockermouth from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Cockermouth to another place.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NY131307 (Lat/Lon: 54.664228, -3.349055), Cockermouth which are provided by:
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- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
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