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Bridekirk
"BRIDEKIRK, a parish in the ward of Allerdale-below-Derwent, in the county of Cumberland, 2 miles to the N. of Cockermouth, its post town. It lies on the N. of the river Derwent, not far from the Maryport and Carlisle railway, and includes the townships of Great Broughton, Little Broughton, Dovenby, Papcastle, Ribton, and Tallentire. The parish contains some quarries of limestone and freestone. This place was one of the possessions of Gisburn Monastery, on the dissolution of which the manor was granted by Henry VIII. to Henry Tolson, but the lands have long been enfranchised and are freehold." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Cemeteries
- St Bridget, Church of England
- St Columba, Broughton Moor, Church of England
Churches
- Christ Church, Kirklea, Great Broughton, Church of England
- St Bridget, Church of England
- St Columba, Broughton Moor, Church of England
- Wesleyan Methodist Church, Broughton Moor, Wesleyan Methodist
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Bridekirk area that are recorded in the GENUKI church database. This will also help identify other churches in nearby townships and/or parishes. You also have the option to see the location of the churches marked on a map.
Description and Travel
Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Bridekirk from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
Historical Geography
You can see the administrative areas in which Bridekirk has been placed at times in the past.
Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NY119336 (Lat/Lon: 54.689726, -3.368262), Bridekirk which are provided by:
- This place shown on a Google map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Open StreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old 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)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on a Google map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on a Google map.
- Nearby places shown on a Google map.