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== Parish History  ==
== Parish History  ==


WHITBURN, a '''parish,''' in the union of South Shields, E. division of Chester ward, N. division of the county of Durham, 3½ miles (N.) from Sunderland; containing, with the township of Cleadon, and part of North Bidick.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A.,[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51398#s5 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''](1848), pp. 543-551. Date accessed: 29 July 2013. </ref>'''
WHITBURN, a '''parish,''' in the union of South Shields, E. division of Chester ward, N. division of the county of Durham, 3½ miles (N.) from Sunderland. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A.,[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51398#s5 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''](1848), pp. 543-551. Date accessed: 31 July 2013. </ref>  


<br> Whitburn is an ancient parish and the church dates from the early part of the thirteenth century.  
<br> Whitburn is an ancient parish and the church dates from the early part of the thirteenth century.  
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