Person Whitaker; Thomas Dunham (1759 - 1821) Whitaker Thomas Dunham 1759 - 1821 British Male Rainham, Norfolk, England 08 June 1759 Blackburn vicarage, Lancashire 18 December 1821 Burial: Holme, in the township of Cliviger, Lancashire

Clergyman, Church of England Topography Education: St John;s College, Cambridge. LLB (1781), LLD (1801) Career: Ordained deacon (1785); ordained priest (786); Perpetual Curate, Holme, Lancashire (1797-1821); Vicar of Whalley, Lancashire (1809-1821); Rector of Heysham, Lancashire (1813-1819); Vicar of Blackburn (1818-1821); wrote topographical books on Yorkshire and Lancashire, including 'History of the original parish of Whalley'; was interested in forestry; buried in a coffin made from a tree of his own planting Son of William Whitaker, curate of Rainham, Norfolk and his wife Lucy, daughter of Robert Dunham; married (13 January 1783) Lucy, daughter of Thomas Thoresby of Leeds Fellow 11/06/1818 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 8 Jun 1759 - 18 Dec 1821 NA2640 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 124ed15f-e6f5-4dba-9758-c3db649025a8