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Brigham parish
Brigham
county:-   Cumbria
old county:-   Cumberland
locality type:-   parish
1Km square:-   NY0930
10Km square:-   NY03
10Km square:-   NY13
10Km square:-   NY02
10Km square:-   NY12
references:-   OS 1974 Admin Areas

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
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"... For a long period, indeed, the population must either have been extremely small, or their religious interests neglect-"
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Page xi:-  "[neglect]ed; perhaps both might be the case. As proof of this, we need only point to the large and extensive parishes of Kendal, Greystoke, Crosthwaite, Brigham, and Saint Bees, and the numerous dependent chapelries which have been erected within them since the time of the Reformation. These chapels present no architectural features worthy of notice, and the mother churches are for the most part extremely plain, partaking of the progressive alteration of style from Norman to early English."

evidence:-   census:- Census 1971
Population: 760 (1971)

places:-  
NY08673033 Appletree Inn, Brigham 
NY07973129 Boat Hole, Broughton 
NY09083092 Bread and Beer House, Brigham 
NY08723032 Brigham 
NY09942986 Brigham Common, Brigham 
NY08483040 Brigham Hill, Brigham 
NY08393040 Brigham Hill, Brigham (2) 
NY08663030 Brigham Memorial Hall, Brigham 
NY0830 Brigham Moss, Brigham perhaps
NY08823058 Brigham Quarries, Brigham 
NY07933033 Brigham St Bridget's School, Brigham 
NY08473099 Brigham Station, Brigham 
NY08973026 Brigham: High Brigham, 36 
NY08603025 Brigham: High Brigham, 81 L
NY08553034 Brigham: High Brigham, 114 L
NY08523032 Brigham: High Brigham, 126 L
NY08783031 Brigham: Hillarys Stores 
NY07643035 Broughton Cross Goods Depot, Brigham 
NY07623029 Broughton Cross, Brigham 
NY08163128 Broughton High Bridge, Broughton L
NY08323119 Caldron Dub, Brigham 
NY09213064 Carlin Barrow, Brigham 
NY08483083 Chantry Well, Brigham 
NY08893032 chapel, Brigham 
NY10883088 Cockermouth Goods Junction, Brigham 
NY11383076 Cockermouth Station, Cockermouth (2) 
NY07313023 Collin Grove, Brigham 
NY08953034 Croft, Brigham 
 Derwent branch railway 
NY08963027 drain, Brigham 
NY08623030 drain, Brigham (2) 
NY0929 Dubbs Gutter 
NY09743071 East House Farm, Brigham 
NY0829 Eller Beck (2) 
NY08852977 Ellerbeck Mill, Brigham gone
NY09152994 Ellerbeck, Brigham 
NY08953030 Ellerlea, Brigham L
NY08623027 Fawcett House, Brigham 
NY08673029 fingerpost, Brigham 
NY11413111 Fitz Mill, Brigham 
NY11163049 Fitz Woods, Brigham 
NY11103053 Fitz, Brigham L
NY09023017 Greenbank, Brigham 
NY08823038 Grove, Brigham gone
NY10772987 Harrot Hill, Brigham 
NY09153001 High Ellerbeck Bridge, Brigham 
NY08662955 Hotchberry Road, Brigham 
NY09033016 hydrant plate, Brigham 
NY08893031 hydrant plate, Brigham (2) 
NY08363071 Kirk Cross Quarry, Brigham 
NY08603076 Lakeland Gates, Brigham 
NY08553073 Limekiln Inn, Brigham 
NY08743080 Low Houses, Brigham 
NY08863034 Midtown Farm, Brigham L
NY09093093 milestone, Brigham L
NY07683033 milestone, Brigham (2) L not found
NY10633082 milestone, Brigham (3) L
NY08733102 Nuns Well, Brigham 
NY07553073 Old Bridge, Broughton gone
NY10213115 Papcastle Bridge, Papcastle 
NY08593099 Parsonage Farm, Brigham L
NY09123000 pinfold, Brigham L
NY08263041 police station, Brigham 
NY09333016 Samson's Stone, Brigham 
NY09953002 Scales, Brigham 
NY07443025 Scaur Close, Brigham 
NY09003025 school, Brigham (2) 
NY09903113 Stoddart Hole, Papcastle 
NY08823094 Vicarage, Brigham L
NY08583090 war memorial, Brigham 
NY10772954 Wellington, Brigham 
 Cockermouth and Workington Railway 
NY08583092 St Bridget, Brigham L
NY10083102 bridge, Brigham suggested
NY09103094 Ellergill Bridge, Brigham 
 Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway 
NY07613030 Bridgefoot Turnpike, Brigham 
NY08623079 Brigham Side Turnpike, Brigham gone
NY09993103 Fitz Turnpike, Brigham 
NY2515 Derwent, River 
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