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Marshall Dock, Port of Silloth
Marshall Dock
site name:-   Port of Silloth
locality:-   Silloth
civil parish:-   Silloth-on-Solway (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   dock
coordinates:-   NY10515353 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY1053
10Km square:-   NY15


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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 20 11) 
placename:-  Marshall Dock
item:-  goods shedcraneleading light
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.
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"MARSHALL DOCK / Crane / Ticket Office / Goods Shed / Crane / ... / Red Light / Custom House / Strom Signal / Watch House / Jetty / ..."

evidence:-   old text:- Admiralty 1933
placename:-  Marshall Dock
source data:-   image AY01p399, button  goto source
Page 399:-  "... The harbour [Silloth] (Lat. 54~ 52' N., Long. 3~ 24' W.) consists of a tidal basin, which was, originally, Marshall dock, ..."


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CFX21.jpg  Capstan on the outer gates.
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