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meeting house, Maryport
Maryport Meeting House
Street:-   King Street
locality:-   Maryport
civil parish:-   Maryport (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   meeting house
locality type:-   quaker meeting
coordinates:-   NY035369
1Km square:-   NY0336
10Km square:-   NY03
references:-   Butler 1978

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 42 16) 
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.
"Friends Meeting House / Grave Yard"

evidence:-   text:- 
placename:-  Maryport Meeting House
source data:-   : : Quaker Administrative History "MARYPORT, cumb, after 1974 Cumbr ... NY035369"
"1772-1912 ... Holm MM"

evidence:-   old map:- Backhouse 1773
placename:-  Maryport meeting
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Map of the Meetings belonging to the Quarterly Meetings of Lancaster, Westmorland, Cumberland, Northumberland, Durham and York, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by James Backhouse, engraved by Thomas Kitchin, published by James Backhouse, Darlington, Durham, 1773.
image
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labelled:-  "Maryport / 6.3"
meeting day Tuesday 
nearby market day Friday 
item:-  private collection : 224
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   drawing:- Butler 1978
placename:-  Maryport Meeting House
source data:-   Maryport Meeting House drawn by David Butler and published in Quaker Meeting Houses of the Lake Counties by David M Butler, by the Friends Historical Society, 1978
courtesy of David Butler
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item:-  private collection : 377
Image © Friends Historical Society

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