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Selker Bay, Bootle
Selker Bay
locality:-   Irish Sea
civil parish:-   Bootle (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bay
coordinates:-   SD07538892 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD0788
10Km square:-   SD08

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 85 10) 
placename:-  Selker Bay
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.

hearsay:-  
The ship Esbo ran aground in the bay, October 1935. She was carrying wood pulp for paper making, from Finland to Whitehaven.

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