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| Customhouse Dock, Whitehaven Harbour | ||
| Customhouse Dock | ||
| Custom House Harbour | ||
| site name:- | Whitehaven Harbour | |
| locality:- | Whitehaven | |
| civil parish:- | Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | dock | |
| coordinates:- | NX97081827 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9718 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX91 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 67 2) placename:- Customhouse Dock |
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| 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. "CUSTOMHOUSE DOCK" |
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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. D49718B.jpg harbour protected by quays item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 placename:- Custom House Harbour |
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| source data:- |  goto sourcePage 390:- "..." "Inner harbour, ...is divided into ... Custom House harbour, between Old Tongue and New Tongue; ..." "... At high water springs, there are depths of ... 15 feet (4m6) alongside those [quays] in Custom House harbour; ..." |
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