Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Duddon Channel
locality:-	Duddon Estuary
civil parish:-	Millom Without (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-	Kirkby Ireleth (formerly Lancashire)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	river
locality type:-	channel
1Km square:-	SD1981 (etc etc)
10Km square:-	SD18
civil parish:-	Kirkby Ireleth (formerly Lancashire)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	river
10Km square:-	SD28
civil parish:-	Kirkby Ireleth (formerly Lancashire)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	river
10Km square:-	SD17
evidence:-	old map:- OS County Series (Lan 6 16)  placename:-  Duddon Channel
source data:-	Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. OS County Series (Lan 10 8)  OS County Series (Lan 10 15)
evidence:-	old text:- Admiralty 1933 item:-  buoy, Duddon Channel; pilot, Duddon Channel
source data:-	goto source Page 383:-  "... Duddon mouth extend about 2 miles seaward of the line joining the points of the entrance. The bar and channels are so changeable that they should not be attempted without local knowledge." "There are depths of 6 feet (1m8) over Duddon bar, but farther in the channels dry."   goto source Page 384:-  "..." "A black conical buoy, with a staff and cage as topmark and marked "D.1," is moored outside the bar. Within the bar, the channel to Millom is marked by black buoys marked from "D.2." to "D.20." Of these, Nos.2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, and 13 are pear-shaped buoys; Nos.6 and 10 are conical buoys with staff and cage topmarks; and Nos.8, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 20 are barrel buoys. All these buoys should be left on the port hand when entering." "Pilots. - There are two pilots; they meet vessels at No.10 buoy."
places:-	SD20988306 High Ford (Angerton)
	SD19108075 Low Ford (Millom / Kirkby Ireleth)
	SD21428193 Middle Ford (Angerton / Millom Without)

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