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Scarth Channel
runs into:-    Irish Sea
civil parish:-   Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Askam and Ireleth (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
locality type:-   channel
coordinates:-   SD16527371 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD1673
10Km square:-   SD17
evidence:-   old text:- Admiralty 1933
placename:-  Scarth Channel
placename:-  Scarf Channel
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Page 379:-  "The northern end of Walney island is separated from the mainland by a narrow channel which is practically dry until half tide, so that the stream which fills the channel eastward of the island comes round its southern end."
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Page 383:-  "..."
"Scarth (Scarf) channel, with depths of about 14 feet (4m3) at high water springs, leads eastward from the bar to Barrow, round the"
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Page 384:-  "northern end of Walney island; it is used, occasionally, by local coasting craft."
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