Whitehaven St James is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cumberland, created in 1812 from St Bees Ancient Parish.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St James

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1753
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1753

Nonconformists include:

Table of Contents

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

See also Whitehaven St Nicholas, Cumberland Family History Guide

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

St. James’, on an eminence at the eastern extremity of the town, was rebuilt in 1753, and is a neat structure with a square tower surmounted with pinnacles: net income, £200.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch Catalog

The monumental inscriptions of the Church and churchyard of St. James, Whitehaven, Cumberland Author: Stout, H. B.

Register of burials, 1856-1859 Author: Whitehaven Cemetery (Cumberland)

Register of headstones in the graveyard of Holy Trinity church, Whitehaven, Cumbria Author: Stout, H. B.

Census returns for Whitehaven, 1841-1891

Holy Trinity [chapelry], Whitehaven, 1851 census

1851 census, Bottle, Penrith and Whitehaven workhouses : Birker, Austhwaite, Hayton, Irton, Talkin and Ulpha

A history of the churches of the rural deanery of Whitehaven : with extensive abstracts from the parochial registers Author: Caine, Ceasar

Baptism transcripts, 1750-1893 Author: Presbyterian Church of Whitehaven (Cumberland)

Baptisms, 1756-1858 Author: Scots Presbyterian Church. St. James (Whitehaven, England)

Baptisms, 1789-1836; burials, 1823-1833 Author: Independent Church (Whitehaven)

Births and baptisms, 1806-1837 Author: Michael Street Chapel (Whitehaven, Cumberland : Wesleyan)

Bishop’s transcripts for Chapelry of St. James’, Whitehaven, 1753-1878 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of St. James’ (Whitehaven, Cumberland)

Bishop’s transcripts for Holy Trinity Newchaple, Whitehaven, 1717-1856 Author: Church of England. Holy Trinity Newchapel (Whitehaven, Cumberland)

Bishop’s transcripts for St. Bees., 1676-1895 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of St. Bees (Cumberland); Church of England. Chapelry of St. Nicholas (Whitehaven, Cumberland)

Bishop’s transcripts St. Nicholas’ Old Chapel Church, Whitehaven., 1705-1881 Author: Church of England. St. Nicholas’ Old Chapel Church (Whitehaven, Cumberland)

Church records for Carlisle United Presbytery, 1847-1876 Author: United Presbyterian Church. Carlisle Presbytery (Cumberland, England)

Church records, 1804-1816 Author: Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Michael Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland)

Church records, 1806-1937 Author: Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Whitehaven Circuit (Cumberland)

Church records, 1839-1882 Author: Primitive Methodist Church (Whitehaven, Cumberland)

Church records, 1870-1891 Author: Bible Christian Church. Millom and Dalton Circuit (Lancashire)

Church records, 1879-1932 Author: Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Cleator-Moor, Cumberland)

Church records, 1888-1957 Author: Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Moor-Row, Cumberland)

Church records, 1899-1952 Author: Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Hogarth Mission (Whitehaven, Cumberland)

Marriages, births and baptisms, 1679-1832 Author: Society of Friends. Whitehaven Preparative Meeting (Westmoreland)

Parish register transcript, Whitehaven, Cumberland Co., England : St. Nicholas Chapel Christ., Jan-Dec 1807 and funerals Jan. 1807; Holy Trinity Chapel Christ., Apr 1803-Nov. 1812, marriages May 1803-Feb. 1812 and deaths Mar 1803-Mar 1812 Author: Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959

The registers of St. James, Whitehaven : baptisms, 1753-1837 Author: Stout, H. B.

St. Nicholas Church, Whitehaven Author: Stout, H. B.; Cumbria Family History Society; Church of England. Chapelry of St. Nicholas (Whitehaven, Cumberland)

Computer printout of Whitehaven, Holy Trinity, Cumb., Eng

Computer printout of Whitehaven, Independent, Cumb., Eng

Computer printout of Whitehaven, James Street Scotch Presbyterian, Cumb., Eng

Computer printout of Whitehaven, Michael Chapel Wesleyan, Cumb., Eng

Computer printout of Whitehaven, St. James, Cumb., Eng

Computer printout of Whitehaven, St. Nicholas, Cumb., Eng

Parish register printouts of Whitehaven, Cumberland, England (Independent) ; christenings, 1789-1819

Parish register printouts of Whitehaven, Cumberland, England (Independent) ; christenings, 1820-1836

Parish register printouts of Whitehaven, Cumberland, England (Scotch Presbyterian, James Street) ; christenings, 1756-1808, 1810-1838, 1840, 1842-1858

Parish register printouts of Whitehaven, Cumberland, England (Wesleyan, Michael Street) ; christenings, 1806-1837

Bygone Whitehaven : a photographic look at life in Whitehaven and District over the last one hundred years Author: Moon, Michael; Moon, Sylvia

Whitehaven : an illustrated history Author: Hay, Daniel

Whitehaven to Washington Author: Lawrence-Dow, Elizabeth; Hay, Daniel

Whitehaven and its Jews, 1774-1859 Author: Sellick, W. R.

Church of England parishes in Cumbria : largely based on Wm. Parson and Wm. White, ‘A history, directory, and gazetteer of Cumberland, Westmoreland with Furness and Cartmel, 1829’ Author: Cumbria Archive Service

1851 census, Bottle, Penrith and Whitehaven workhouses : Birker, Austhwaite, Hayton, Irton, Talkin and Ulpha

Workhouse records, 1838-1906 Author: Whitehaven Union (Cumberland)

Window tax for Whitehaven and Hansingham, also, land tax for Whitehaven, Preston Quarter, 1770

Administration

  • County: Cumberland
  • Civil Registration District: Whitehaven
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Western Deaneries – Copeland
  • Diocese: Carlisle
  • Rural Deanery: Copeland
  • Poor Law Union: Whitehaven
  • Hundred: Allerdale above Derwent Ward
  • Province: York

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