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"ST. BEES, (or Kirkby Beacock), a parish in the ward of Allerdale-above-Derwent, in the county of Cumberland, 3 miles to the N. W. of Egremont. It is situated near the coast of the Irish Sea, along which it extends about 10 miles, and was the largest parish in the county until recently, when Loweswater was constituted a parochial chapelry, with independent jurisdiction. It contains the chapelries of Ennerdale, Eskdale, Hensingham, Nether Wasdale, Wasdale Head, and Whitehaven; and the townships of Kinniside, Lowside-Quarter, Preston-Quarter, Rottington, Sandwith, and Weddiker." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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| St Bees, St Bees, Church of England |
| St Bees, St Bees, Church of England |
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.
Parish | Church | CASCAT ref | Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | Banns | BTs | IGI Batches | Research Wiki |
St Bees | St Mary and St Bega | 1538-1999 | 1538-1995 | 1538-2008 | 1754-2009 | 1676-1895 |
IGI batch numbers are those compiled by Hugh Wallis on Rootsweb (Hugh Wallis) that can be used to search directly in FamilySearch.
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- The transcription of the section for St Bees from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from St Bees to another place.
- The Welcome to St Bees site has a wide range of items of interest, in particular its History section, which provides 'the story of St Bees from its early beginnings'.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NX972116 (Lat/Lon: 54.489285, -3.588476), St Bees which are provided by:
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