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Christ Church, Whitehaven
Christ Church
Whitehaven Church
locality:-   Whitehaven
civil parish:-   Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   NX97201760 (roughly) 
1Km square:-   NX9717
10Km square:-   NX91
references:-   Nurse 1918

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 67 6) 
placename:-  Christ Church
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"Christ Church (Per Curacy)"

evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
image G847B529, button  goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1847 part 2 p.529  "CUMBERLAND."
"The new church named Christ Church, Whitehaven, has been consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Chester, assisted by the Rev. Richard Parkinson, principal of St. Bee's college, and about thirty other clergymen."

evidence:-   old map:- Nurse 1918
source data:-   Map, The Diocese of Carlisle, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Rev Euston J Nurse, published by Charles Thurnam and Sons, 11 English Street, Carlisle, Cumberland, 2nd edn 1939.
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NUR1NX91.jpg
"W. CHRIST CHURCH"
linked with Holy Trinity, Whitehaven 
item:-  JandMN : 27
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