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| Workington Bank, Solway Firth | ||
| Workington Bank | ||
| site name:- | Solway Firth | |
| civil parish:- | Workington (formerly Cumberland) (off) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | sandbank | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9428 (etc) | |
| 10Km square:- | NX92 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Mackenzie 1776 placename:- Workington Bank |
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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:- "... ..." "Workington Bank lies about four miles N.W. of Workington, is about three miles long from N.E. to S.W. and one mile broad; the least water on it is two fathoms at low-water. On the W. end of this shoal, St. Bee's Head bears S. by W. ½ W. Workington Hall S.S.E. and in a line with Winsgil's (which is the north-most of three small clumps of wood that may be seen on the top of a rising ground, about three miles S. of Workington), and Mary-Port E. by S. The shallowest part of it is on the E. end, next Robin rig Bank. To sail along the E. side of this Bank, or between it and Workington; keep St. Bee's Head S.S.W. or Mary-Port E. ½N. when it will be in a line with Crosby, which is a remarkable house on the top of a hill, two or three miles from Mary-Port." |
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| evidence:- | HO chart:- Hydrographic Office 1850s onwards (edn 1973) placename:- Workington Bank |
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| source data:- | Charts, Irish Sea, Solway Firth, etc, published by the Hydrographic Office from 1850s
onwards. "Workington Bank" |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 placename:- Workington Bank item:- buoy, South Workington; South Workington buoy; buoy, North Workington; North Workington buoy |
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| source data:- | goto source Page 392:- "..." "Workington bank, with a least depth of 2 3/4 fathoms (5m0) over it , and with depths of less than 5 fathoms (9m1) over it over a distance of nearly 3 miles, lies roughly parallel with the coast near Workington, at a distance of about 2 miles from it." "There is a heavy sea on Workington bank in bad weather." "A spherical buoy painted in red and white horizontal bands, with two diamonds as topmark and marked "South Workington," is moored near the 5-fathom (9m1) line at the southern end of the bank, about 2 3/4 miles south-westward of Workington pierhead." "A spherical buoy painted in black and white horizontal bands, with a triangular topmark and marked "North Workington," is moored near the 5-fathom (9m1) line at the northern end of the bank, about 2 1/2 miles north-westward of Workington pierhead." |
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