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| Silloth Roads, Solway Firth | ||
| Silloth Roads | ||
| locality:- | Solway Firth | |
| civil parish:- | Silloth-on-Solway (formerly Cumberland) (off) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | anchorage | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 placename:- Silloth Road |
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| source data:- |  goto sourcePage 387:- "..." "FIRTH OF SOLWAY. - ..." "South-westerly gales generally cause the highest sea in the firth." "With the wind between SW. and NW., a heavy sea is found as far up as Workington, but it decreases as the vessel proceeds. Having arrived at the entrance to the firth in a south-westerly gale, and being on the English side, a vessel would find but little difficulty in reaching Maryport road, where the sea is reduced by half; or, with careful navigation, even Silloth road; but, as stated below, vessels proceeding above Maryport are recommended to employ a pilot." |
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