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"WYTHBURN, a chapelry and hamlet in the parish of Crosthwaite, county Cumberland, 8 miles S.E. of Keswick. It forms a joint township with St. John's Castlerigg, and contains a small hamlet called the City, and the mere or lake of Thirle, sometimes named Wythburn Water." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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Church Records

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.
 

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Wythburn

PR153/2

1777-1980

1862-1975

1863-1978

1863-1960

1777-1872

Wythburn

Wythburn

St John's-in-the-Vale (& Castlerigg)

PR153/1

1776-1981

1863-1989

1776-1981

1868-1980

1776-1889

St Johns

St John's


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