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Can anyone tell me the correct address for what my grandfather lovingly called the Whitehaven "slums". As children we would walk down from the Town Mission, down a series of steps with spaces that would have been the outlines of houses built into them, down to the docks. I believe my grandfather may have actually lived there as a child. Is it possible this is the Preston Quarter (as this also rings bells in my memory)? All very vague but it is years since I was there.

Also does anyone know which denomination the Town Mission is associated with? The one up on the hill overlooking the docks (Hensingham side?).

I am trying to determine whether my great-grandmother was buried in Egremont. Her name was Fanny Jane Jeffery (or Jeffrey) (nee Gardiner). She died 4 April 1947. Father was John Gardiner. Mother was Sarah (nee Wilson).

Also her husband Richard Jeffery who died 19 November 1921.

Many thanks.

I have a sampler made by Sarah Sherwen dated 1923 made in her 12th year (ie DOB around 1812).

I believe that she was related to my great-grandmother Fanny-Jane Jeffery (nee Gardiner) of Croft Cottage, Egremont whose parents were John Gardiner and Sarah Wilson (DOB 1845). I think the lady may have been Sarah Wilson's mother based on the birth certificate of the latter (parents John Wilson and Sarah Sherwin) but am having problems tracking her down. There is no address on the birth certificate other than Egremont. John Wilson is listed as a labourer which seems surprising given that the sampler is quite detailed and delicate - an unusual marriage?

In later years (eg Fanny Jane's marriage) the family seem to have been involved in the Wesleyan Chapel in Main Street, Egremont - does this still exist? is there a graveyard or other records?