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St John, Hensingham
St John's Church
Hensingham Church
Street:-   Egremont Road
locality:-   Hensingham
civil parish:-   Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
coordinates:-   NX98571663
1Km square:-   NX9816
10Km square:-   NX91
references:-   : 2005: Diocese of Carlisle, Directory 2004/5


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BNC87.jpg (taken 2.1.2007)  
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BNC89.jpg (taken 2.1.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 67 6) 
placename:-  St John's 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.
"St John's Church (Per Curacy)"

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
"HENSINGHAM"
item:-  JandMN : 27
Image © see bottom of page

 ring of bells

incumbents:-  
Church, Charles  1811 -  
Whitehead, George D  1817 -  
Whitehead, Robert  1832 -  
Lowther, John Mordant  1851 -  
Wilkinson, William Henry  1865 -  
Blackburn, Charles E A  1910 -  


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BNC88.jpg (taken 2.1.2007)  
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BNC90.jpg  Millennium plaque.
(taken 2.1.2007)  
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BNC91.jpg  List of incumbents, in the millennium plaque.
(taken 2.1.2007)  

dedication
person:-    : St John
place:-   Hensingham / Carlisle Diocese

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