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Finding obscure place names off census

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Helen

Helen Report 15 Oct 2008 13:26

Thanks ever so much for all your help and particularly the Whitworth tip which I will definitely be following up.

Best wishes

Helen

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{} Still Report 15 Oct 2008 22:59

I actually live in Whitehaven, and it's definitely in Cumbria, on the West Coast. The only other Whitehaven I've come across is in America.

As for it being a 'one-horse town', it depends what you want really. I wouldn't move from here, we're only minutes from the seaside, there are lakes less than an hour away in the Lake District. And as you said, we have all the history in the town.

I don't suppose it could have been Whitby?

Rosemary

Ann

Ann Report 15 Oct 2008 23:03

i think theres a whithaven in sussex is'nt there ,,have you googled it?

Lorraine

Lorraine Report 15 Oct 2008 23:09

theres a combe haven sussex don't think theres a whitehaven

OH grandfather is from whitehaven cumbria

Researching:
derry,breakwell,kinnish,wadlow,penny,smith,woodward,cartwright.

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 15 Oct 2008 23:47

Apologies to you Rosemary, have no desire to offend you, really I don't. I know we all love where we live and were born, and like you I would not wish to live anywhere else in the world!!!

Ann X

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

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