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"CAMERTON, (or Cammerton), a parish in the ward of Allerdale-below-Derwent, in the county of Cumberland, 5 miles to the W. of Cockermouth. Workington is its post town. It is a station on the Cockermouth and Workington railway. The parish is situated on the coast of the Solway Frith, on the N. bank of the river Derwent, which is here crossed by a handsome stone bridge of three arches. It contains the townships of Camerton and Seaton." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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Church Records

The original records and bishops transcripts are held in Carlisle RO, but readers can only access registers on microfilm.
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Camerton

St Peter
Seaton St Paul

PR143

1599-2014

1599-2008

1599-1999

1824-1964

1663-1869

Camerton

Camerton

West Seaton

Holy Trinity

PR14

1893-1964

1894-1983

 

1893-1962

   

 

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