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Harrington Harbour, Harrington
Harrington Harbour
site name:-   Wyre, River
locality:-   Harrington
civil parish:-   Workington (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   harbour
coordinates:-   NX98762527 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NX9825
10Km square:-   NX92

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CFK78.jpg (taken 2.9.2016)  
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CFK80.jpg (taken 2.9.2016)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 61 3) 
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.
"Harbour"
evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Bella Port
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Bella Port"
harbour mole; labelled in upright lowercase 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   old text:- Mackenzie 1776
placename:-  Port Harrington
source data:-   Charts, and sailing directions, Nautical Descriptions of the West Coast of Great Britain, Bristol Channel to Cape Wrath, by Murdoch Mackenzie, published London, 1776.
image MK10P23, button  goto source
Pages 23-24:-  "... ..."
"PORT-HARRINGTON."
"Port Harrington lies about four miles northward (sic) of Whitehaven, and has twelve feet water in it at high-water with spring-tide, and seven or eight with neap-tide."
evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Harrington Harbour
placename:-  Bella Port
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Harrington Harb."
"Bella Port"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Walker 1842
source data:-   Chart, Position of all the Lighthouses in the British Isles, scale about 38 nautical miles to 1 inch, published by J and A Walker, 72 South Castle Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, 1842.
marked with a harbour light  "Harrington - A lantern is shewn whilst there is 8 feet depth in the Har."
evidence:-   old text:- Admiralty 1933
item:-  ironworks, Harrington
source data:-   image AY01p392, button  goto source
Page 392:-  "Harrington, which is prominently marked by some blast furnaces to the southward of it, has a small artificial harbour, now disused, formed by stone piers on the southern side and wooden breakwaters, on the northern side, through which a stream discharges."
 old directory data with shipping
evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Harrington Harbour
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, The Solway from Harrington Harbour, Cumberland, drawn by W H Bartlett, engraved by R Brandard, published by George Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, London, 1841.
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Probably from Findens Views of the Ports, Harbours, Coast Scenery, and Watering Places of Great Britain, as continued by W H Bartlett. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "W. H. Bartlett. / R. Brandard. / THE SOLWAY / (from Harrington Harbour.) / London: Published for the Proprietors, by Geo: Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane, 1841."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.76
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CFK76.jpg (taken 2.9.2016)  
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BNQ34.jpg (taken 14.5.2007)  
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BNQ36.jpg  Sandstone harbour wall.
(taken 14.5.2007)  
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BNQ37.jpg  Sailing boat.
(taken 14.5.2007)  
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BNQ38.jpg  Fishing boats.
(taken 14.5.2007)  
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CFK79.jpg  Mooring buoy.
(taken 2.9.2016)  
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BNQ35.jpg  Rusty iron.
(taken 14.5.2007)  
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CFK87.jpg  Redshank, Tringa totanus.
(taken 2.9.2016)  
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CFK90.jpg  South Pier.
(taken 2.9.2016)  
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CFK93.jpg  South Pier, plaque:-
"WASHED DOWN [ ] 1863 / REBUILT OCT.1864" (taken 2.9.2016)  
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CFK91.jpg  Northerly sea mark at harbour mouth
(taken 2.9.2016)  
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CFK92.jpg  Southerly sea mark at harbour mouth, on South Pier
(taken 2.9.2016)  

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BNQ39.jpg  Sandstone sculpture by the harbour.
(taken 14.5.2007)  
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BNQ40.jpg  Sandstone sculpture by the harbour.
(taken 14.5.2007)  

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CFK83.jpg  Fishing boat.
(taken 2.9.2016)  
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CFK84.jpg  Fishing boat.
(taken 2.9.2016)  
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CFK85.jpg  Fishing boat.
(taken 2.9.2016)  
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