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'''Moulmein''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_300.gif Amherst District] in the Tenasserim Division of Lower Burma during the British period. It was the capital of British [[Burma]] between 1826 and 1852, having fallen under British control after the [[1st Burma War]].
It was the location of a cantonment.
==Spelling==
Modern name: Mawlamyine<br>
Variants: Mawlamyaing/Moulmein/Maulmain
==Churches==
St Matthew’s Church of England was the first English church built in Burma. It was erected in 1832 and replaced by a new structure in 1890.<ref>[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:282/#page/113/mode/1up Page 87 ]Wanderings in Burma by George W Bird 1897 Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University</ref>
==External links==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_012.gif Moulmein Town] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India''<br>
*[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:334/#page/11/mode/1up Photograph: Maulmain Cantonments shewing the Church of England] from ''Photographs of British Burma and the Straits, 1876-7-8-9''. Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University.
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/72735375@N06/6562209871/in/gallery-23268776@N03-72157629039421461/ Photograph: St Matthew's Church, Moulmein (Mawlamyine)] flickr.com
**[http://blogs.rmg.co.uk/memorials/m5506/ Memorial: St Matthew's Church, Moulmein]. Edward Ricker drowned in the Irrawaddy 5th May 1885. Maritime Memorials, M5506, Royal Museums Greenwich
*[http://www.greatmirror.com/index.cfm?countryid=261&chapterid=268&picturesize=big Photographs: Moulmein : British Tombstones] greatmirror.com. Website of Bret Wallach, Professor of Geography, University of Oklahoma
== References ==
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