Cumberland Record Offices

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Hi

Can sks tell me whether the parish records for Bridekirk/Brigham/Cockermouth are at Barrow in Furness or Whitehaven.  My mind has gone blank.

Many thanks for your time.

Regards

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[GeoffE]

They are certainly at Whitehaven, I'm not sure about Barrow.  You could always ask- http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/archives/recordoffices/default.asp

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Hi Geoff

Many thanks for this.  I would prefer them to be at Whitehaven as I go up and stay with family and friends, but I had it somewhere in the back of my mind that the records for that part of the county were elsewhere.

Are you aware of there being a definiitive list anywhere that shows what is where.

Again many thanks.

Regards

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[GeoffE]

Are you aware of there being a definiitive list anywhere that shows what is where.

No.

At Whitehaven I've looked at Whitehaven, Cockermouth, Bridekirk, Ennerdale, Workington, Wigton etc and others (CofE register films) so I suspect they probably have them all.  Not sure about Westmorland and Lancs (Furness) though.  Cemetery records for Whitehaven and Workington can be useful.

There is a book of Bridekirk transcriptions which has more entries than the microfilm of the register, so there must be another "original" source of those records.  I say this, as you may have an IGI entry which you cannot find in the register film, but it's in the transcripts book.

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Hi Geoff

Many thanks for this.

Regards

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[Elz]

I'd never heard of Bridekirk until its popped up in my Johnston searches, at Great Broughton village.

[Gigi]

The book of Bridekirk PRs is:

The Registers of Bridekirk. 1584-1912
By Eng. (Parish) Bridekirk, John Francis Haswell
Published by Priv. print. for the Cumberland and Westmorland parish registers society by the "Herald" company, limited, 1927
415 pages


I found it on google books. I live in France and cannot "read" it but maybe those of you accross the pond can?

Gillian

[bobgraham]

Elz,
I'm fairly sure that Bridekirk church is famous for having runes over the door which means it was based on a pre christian site. If you have relatives there, it may be worth checking it out. (If it's not Bridekirk, it's the next door parish but it's 20 years since I was down that way.)
bob

[Elz]

Thanks Bob. Looking round churches is a hobby of mine too Love unusual features and signs of older usage. Thanks!