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From: "Chris Dickinson" <>
Subject: Re: [CUL] Basic Questions from a Foreigner :-)
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 11:57:04 +0100
References: <009001bfcd13$79efe1e0$a5146395@heather>


Heather Figueroa writes:

>And with that post re St. Bees.....finally got in the Holy
Trinity
>Chapel film the other day and it referred to St. Bees at the top
of
>the page. My ancestors seem to be christened in Holy Trinity
and St.
>James, and then St. Nicholas pops up in my dad's research....is
this
>another church or a parish? Is St. Bees a County Parish, as
opposed
>to a church parish?

>Oh, and to make it even more interesting, I discovered that
Agnes'
>mother was a Bowness as well. Is this common at that time in
smaller
>villages?


Probably the best way to get a grasp of the St Bees situation is
to look at Steve Bulman's site on:

http://www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/cumbria/stbees.html

As he summarises, St Bees has included Ennerdale, Kenneyside,
Eskdale, Wasdale Head, Hensingham, Braystones, Nethertown,
Middletown, Coulderton, Nether Wasdale, Rottington, Sandwith,
Weddicar and Whitehaven.

The churches you mention are from Whitehaven :

http://www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/cumbria/whitehaven.html

Try to get hold of a map of Cumberland parishes.


Cumberland surnames can be very saturated in a small area. At the
moment, for instance, I'm trying to unravel a small group of 8
adjoining farms with only 4 surnames and at least 10
inter-marriages between 1590 and 1740.

This sort of saturation makes assumptions like " *Joseph
Nicholson marries Deborah Towerson* ah, must be MY Joseph and
Deborah" very dangerous.

Chris




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