Selker Point, Bootle | ||
Selker Point | ||
civil parish:- | Bootle (formerly Cumberland) | |
county:- | Cumbria | |
locality type:- | headland | |
coordinates:- | SD076886 | |
1Km square:- | SD0788 | |
10Km square:- | SD08 | |
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evidence:- | old text:- Mackenzie 1776 placename:- Selker Point |
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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 source Page 18:- "... ..." "The rocks and shoals to be avoided between Piel-of-Foudray and St. Bee's Head, are ... Selker Rock, a mile westward of Selker Point, ..." |
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evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 placename:- Selker Point |
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source data:- | goto source Page 384:- "... Selker point is situated about 6 1/2 miles northward of Haverigg point, ..." |
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