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coast, Solway Firth
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   coast
10Km square:-   NX91
10Km square:-   NX92
10Km square:-   NX93
10Km square:-   NY03
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10Km square:-   NY26
10Km square:-   NY25
10Km square:-   NY36
evidence:-   old text:- Admiralty 1933
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"Southern side of Firth of Solway. - Coast. - The cliffs for a distance of about one mile northward of St. Bees head are of sandstone, with several quarries in them; farther northward, both the coast cliffs and the high land in the rear have a gradual descent. Whitehaven is situated about 2 1/2 miles northward of St. Bees head, and between is Saltom bay."
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Page 391:-  "... The coast between Whitehaven (Lat 54~ 33' N., Long. 3~ 36' W.) and Harrington, about 4 miles northward, is cliffy; the foreshore, which is from one"
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Page 392:-  "to 2 cables wide, consist of rocky ledges and loose stones. The railway skirts the coast, which is backed by cliffs from 50 to 100 feet (15m2 to 30m5) in height; the village of Parton, one mile from Whitehaven, has a conspicuous church with a square tower; several conspicuous chimneys mark this portion of coast."
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"The coast between Harrington and Workington, 2 1/4 miles farther northward, is fronted by a stony foreshore to the distance of about 2 cables. Just southward of Workington pier, Chapel hill, 116 feet (35m4) high with a square white tower, the ruins of a chapel, on its summit, is a well-marked object. Between Chapel hill and Harrington are several tall chimneys."
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Page 395:-  "... The coast between Workington and Maryport, situated about 4 1/2 miles northward, is low with rising ground about half a mile inland. The foreshore, which is about half a mile wide at low water, consists of loose stones and slag, from the furnaces in the neighbourhood, changing to fine sand near Flimsby, about 3 miles northward of Workington. Detached masses of stone lie outside the low water line, in places, between Workington and Maryport, and the bottom is foul, with depths of less than 2 fathoms (3m7) over it, for a distance of about 1 1/2 miles offshore."
"A white lighthouse at the root of South pier, Maryport, remarked on at page 397, is a conspicuous mark."
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"The coast [at Allonby Bay] is low, backed by gradually rising ground. The low-water line is composed of loose stones, and the shelving foreshore, generally about 3 1/2 cables wide, consists of sand with patches of rock, afterwards becoming merged in Dubmill and Ellison scars, which dry out for a distance of about 2 1/4 miles offshore."
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"Coast. - The coast between Dubmill point and Silloth, situated about 4 1/2 miles north-north-eastward, consists of a range of low sandhills."
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