Whitehaven Holy Trinity, Cumberland Genealogy

This is a new page from which the collective pages for Whitehaven in Cumberland will connect including the three Parishes that were created in this town. All other records not related to the three Church of England parishes should be put on this page.

England Cumberland  Cumberland Parishes

Parish History
The parishes of St. Nicholas, Holy Trinity and St. James were all created on the same day in 1835 all carved out of the larger and older parish of St. Bees. The parishes merged at different times but were completely united, along with Christ Church, in 1977 to form the new Parish of Whitehaven. See also: St James, St Nicholas, and Mount Pleasant.

Here is an important 19th century historical and jurisdictional perspective on Whitehaven by the famed topographer, Samuel A. Lewis:

WHITEHAVEN, a sea-port, market-town, newly enfranchised borough, and the head of a union, in the parish of St. Bees, Allerdale ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 40 miles (S. W.) from Carlisle. Whitehaven contains four chapels: St. James', St. Nicholas', Holy Trinity and Mount Pleasant. There are places of worship for Presbyterians, Particular Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Roman Catholics."

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. Two popular sites are:


 * 1) FreeBMD.
 * 2) Cumberland BMD

Online Records
Some online transcriptions exist for this chapelry at the following website[s] and ranges of years:

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. Two popular sites are:


 * 1) FreeBMD.
 * 2) Cumberland BMD

Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Cumberland Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851 *Vision of Britain

Harbour Map - Whitehaven is one of the best examples in England of a port that develops by adding quays, which were constructed from the late 17th century to the addition of lock gates in 2002. A map showing the construction dates of the breakwater and quays is found on page 45 in The Industrial Archaelogy of Docks &amp; Harbours. By Michael Stammers. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Tempus. 2007. (192 pp)