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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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Church Records

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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Cockermouth

All Saints

YPR26

1632-1987

1632-1998

1632-1937

1824-1997

1689-1862

Cockermouth

Cockermouth

Cockermouth

Christ Church

YPR38

1865-1946

1865-1984

 

1866-1958

     

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Baptisms

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Cockermouth

Congregational

1651-1685; 1848 - 1908

1848 - 1908

1656-1706; 1848-1908

Cockermouth and Keswick

Wesleyan Methodist

1882-1952

   

Cockermouth

Wesleyan Methodist

1841-1882

   

Cockermouth

Primitive Methodist

1893-1952

   

Cockermouth, New Street

Primitive Methodist

 

1920-1952

 

Cockermouth (Pardshaw)

Society of Friends

1849-1882

 

1828-1911

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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NY131307 (Lat/Lon: 54.664228, -3.349055), Cockermouth which are provided by: