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| Parton Harbour, Parton | ||
| Parton Harbour | ||
| locality:- | Parton Bay | |
| locality:- | Parton | |
| civil parish:- | Parton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | harbour | |
| coordinates:- | NX978208 | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9720 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX92 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) |
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| 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. D4NX92SE.jpg harbour moles at Parton item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Mackenzie 1776 placename:- Parton Harbour |
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| 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. goto sourcePages 23-24:- "... ..." "PARTON Harbour." "Parton is a small dry Harbour, a mile and a half northward of Whitehaven, and is capable of small vessels only. There are thirteen feet of water in it at high-water with spring-tide, and seven or eight with neap-tide." |
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