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Beckermet (St. Bridget) Parish, Historical Account, 1848
BECKERMET (St. Bridget), a parish, in the union of Whitehaven, Allerdale ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland; containing 630 inhabitants. The village of Great Beckermet lies partly in this parish, and partly in that of Beckermet St. John, 3 miles south from Egremont. The parish is situated on the north bank of the Calder, adjoining the ocean, and contains the sequestered ruins of Calder Abbey, described under Calder-Bridge. Freestone is obtained. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £87; patron and impropriator, H. Gaitskell, Esq. The parochial church stands about half a mile south-west of the village; and a church in the early English style has just been erected at Calder-Bridge, at the expense of Capt. Irwin.
Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.
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- Overview About St Bridget's Church Map Street View St Bridget's Church in Calderbridge was built between 1840 and 1842, on the site of an earlier chapel. It was designed by …
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A topographical dictionary of England, Samuel Lewis, 7th Ed., 1848
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comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships, and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with historical and statistical …
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Beckermet
- Overview About Beckermet Map Street View Beckermet is a village and civil parish in the English county of Cumbria, located near the coast between Egremont and Seascale. Historically within …
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