Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Bankend Point, Maryport | ||
| Bankend Point | ||
| civil parish:- | Maryport (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | headland | |
| coordinates:- | NY04553829 (?) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0438 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY03 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto sourceGentleman's Magazine 1748 p.292 "Hence we have a low coast till you pass the Blue-dial; then the shore begins to be banky, and rises by degrees to the Bankend point, with a skirt of low ground under the banks, for rabbet warrens. The sea-sand is full of stones, some pretty large. On this shore I saw the star-fish, the concha, periwnkle, and pectines, and hardly any other kind. The coast, all along from Skinburn-naze, is entangled with sea-holly, and very few other herbs, save the serpyllum and rest-harrow. " |
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