Whitbeck is a hamlet and former
civil parish
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, now in the parish of
Whicham, in the
Copeland district, in the county of
Cumbria
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, England.
It was called Whidbek in the 1500s.
The Church of St Mary is grade II
listed
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. It is described as "probably medieval in origin, heavily restored 1883".
It is on the
A595 road
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on the south west coast of Cumbria, south west of
Black Combe.
In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 150. On the 1 April 1934 the civil parish was merged into Whicham.
William Pearson (1767–1847), one of the founders of the
Royal Astronomical Society
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was born here on 23 April 1767.
His parents were William and Hannah (née Ponsonby) Pearson, who owned a farm at Moor Green.
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William Pearson wrote the entry for Whitbeck in
William Hutchinson's ''The history of the county of Cumberland...'', 1794.
References
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Whitbeck(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
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* Hutchinson, William, ''The history of the county of Cumberland... - Parish of Whitbeck'', 1794, Volume 1, p
549-55
Hamlets in Cumbria
Former civil parishes in Cumbria
Whicham
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