April 2009 - Ancester Hunt in the English Lake District

Visiting places of significance, houses, churches,
and cemeteries mentioned in family records

Whithaven, Maryport (Ellenborough), Workington, Camerton and Cockermouth.

Whitehaven Bulwark Quay.

Colins Terrace (Ellenburough) Maryport.
Where Herbert Potter lived with his son Walter,daughter Priscilla & her husband John Jeffrey.

Victoria Road Workington.

Home of Walter Potter & his second wife Catherine (Kate).

St Peter's Church Camerton.
The final resting place of William Forrester, Ellianor Sandilands and many other ancesters.

Wordsworth's House Cockermouth.

As seen from the garden river walk.

We also visited Churches at Westward, Kirklinton, Dearham and Lamplugh.

St Hilda's Church Westward.

This is where the children of Herbert Potter and Sarah were all christened.

St Cuthbert's Church Kirklinton.

Rebuilt in 1845 a Norman Door is all that remains of the original church, where Elleanor Sandilands, born Ellen Forrester or Foster, was Christened.

St Mungo's Church Dearham.
This was the parish church for Ellenburough and is where Walter Potter and Mary Ann Mills were married on 7th August 1881.

St Michael's Church Lamplugh.

This church built in 1870 by William Butterfield stands on the site of an old chapel.

It was in the old chapel where three generations of Kendalls were christened.