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meeting house, Whitehaven
Whitehaven Meeting House
Street:-   Sandhills Lane
locality:-   Whitehaven
civil parish:-   Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   meeting house
locality type:-   quaker meeting
coordinates:-   NX97551814
1Km square:-   NX9718
10Km square:-   NX91
references:-   Butler 1978

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 67 2) 
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"Friends Meeting House"

evidence:-   text:- 
placename:-  Whitehaven Meeting House
source data:-   : : Quaker Administrative History "WHITEHAVEN, Cumb, after 1974 Cumbr ... NX973182"
"pre1725-1926 ... Pardshaw MM"
"Site for meeting house bought 1716, therefore pre1716"
"1935 ... Pardsahw MM"
"1939- ... Pardshaw MM"

evidence:-   old map:- Backhouse 1773
placename:-  Whitehaven meeting
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Map of the Meetings belonging to the Quarterly Meetings of Lancaster, Westmorland, Cumberland, Northumberland, Durham and York, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by James Backhouse, engraved by Thomas Kitchin, published by James Backhouse, Darlington, Durham, 1773.
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labelled:-  "Whitehaven / 5.4"
meeting day Wednesday 
nearby market day Thursday 
item:-  private collection : 224
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Quak[rs] M."
building 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   drawing:- Butler 1978
placename:-  Whitehaven Meeting House
source data:-   Whitehaven Meeting House drawn by David Butler and published in Quaker Meeting Houses of the Lake Counties by David M Butler, by the Friends Historical Society, 1978
courtesy of David Butler
image  click to enlarge
PR1511.jpg
item:-  private collection : 377
Image © Friends Historical Society

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