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 == 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. <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>
+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.  There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. <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.
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 A Chapel of Ease was built at Cleadon within the parish in 1869.
-From: 'Whitacre, Nether - Whitechapel', ''[[A Topographical Dictionary of England]]'' (1848), pp. 543-551. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51398 Date accessed: 24 March 2011.<br>
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