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"This parish is the extreme southern part of the county, and stretches northward from the sea along the west bank of the river Duddon, to the source of the Esk, and containing the four townships of Birker and Austhwaite, Chapel Sucken, Millom Below and Millom Above; also the two chapelries of Thwaites and Ulpha. It is bounded on the north by the Esk, which divides it from Muncaster and Eskdale, on the west by Waberthwaite, Corney, Bootle, Whitbeck and Whicham, and on the south by the mouth of the Duddon which here expands into an open sandy bay, well known for its mussels and cockles."
[Description from Mannix & Whellan's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cumberland, 1847]
The small museum and information centre are open during summer months. Among the records and exhibits on display is a full-scale reconstruction of a drift from the nearby Hodbarrow iron ore mine, together with a replica of a miner's cottage kitchen and a blacksmith's forge.
Church of England - Holy Trinity (CRO Reference: BPR10)
| Baptisms | Marriage | Banns | Burial | Bishops Trans |
| 1590-1967 | 1590-1980 | 1823-1954 | 1590-1960 | 1690-1854 |
Church of England - St. George (CRO Reference: BPR25A)
| Baptisms | Marriage | Banns | Burial | Bishops Trans |
| 1877-1956 | 1879-1957 | 1892-1909 | 1877-1938 | 1856-1881 |
Methodists (Wes):
| Baptisms | |
| Circuit Registers | 1871-1891 |
Most surviving local wills prior to 1858 are therefore in the Lancashire Record Office, Preston. However indexes are available at Barrow for COPELAND 1530-1857, and the Cumbria Record Office in Carlisle holds microfilm of some wills for the Deanery of Copeland 1466-1860.
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