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Harbours and Ports
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Ship Havens
Ships need somewhere safe to moor and unload. 
Cumberland has a sea coast; to the Irish Sea. Shipping along the coast, to the Isle of Man, Scotland and Ireland, and to anywhere in the world might have begun in Cumberland. There are a number of harbours on the coast of Cumbria; less busy than they once were. Whitehaven was once one of the busiest harbours in the British Isles. | ||
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photos
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| Barrow Docks, dock, Barrow-in-Furness, SD2068 -- (photo 10.10.2007) (BOG48.jpg) | |
| Barrow Docks, dock, Barrow-in-Furness, SD2068 -- (photo 10.10.2007) (BOG49.jpg) | |
| Sun Inn, inn, Whitehaven, NX98621676 -- Innsign, harbour scene. (photo 2.1.2007) (BNC93.jpg) | |
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photos
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| The Albion, inn, Arnside, SD45617875 -- Innsign - ship, The Albion (photo 8.2.2011) (BTZ94.jpg) | |
| The Albion, inn, Barrow-in-Furness, SD199689 -- Innsign, HMS Albion? badly faded by sunshine. (photo 30.8.2006) (BMO72.jpg) | |
| Barrow Docks, dock, Barrow-in-Furness, SD2068 -- Aerial view. 'THE FURNESS RAILWAY COMPANY'S DOCKS. / PORT OF BARROW.' (BPS81.jpg) | |
| The Bounty, inn, Workington, NY00212886 -- Innsign - The Bounty; designer graphics. (photo 13.5.2011) (BUO35.jpg) | |
| Britannia, inn, Lakes, NY32780483 -- The innsign shows a 100 gun ship, about 1692. (photo 17.11.2005) (BLK20.jpg) | |
| Dovenby Ship, inn, Bridekirk, NY09563346 -- (photo 25.5.2007) (BNR92.jpg) | |
| Hope and Anchor, inn, Bowness, NY24026220 -- Innsign, ship, anchor, any hope? (photo 5.5.2006) (BMB03.jpg) | |
| The Lighthouse, lighthouse, Maryport, NY02983681 -- Weathervane. (photo 4.5.2012) (BWI30.jpg) | |
| Maryport Maritime Museum, museum, Maryport, NY03423653 -- Painting of the Thorne Holme, built by J L Thompson, Sunderland, 1881, for Hine's shipping line. (photo 25.5.2007) (BOU49.jpg) | |
| Maryport Maritime Museum, museum, Maryport, NY03423653 -- Painting of the Castle Holme, built by Bartram and Co, Sunderland, 1875, re-rigged as a barque, for Hine's shipping line. (photo 25.5.2007) (BOU50.jpg) | |
| Maryport Maritime Museum, museum, Maryport, NY03423653 -- Painting of the Isel Holme, Hine's shipping line. (photo 25.5.2007) (BOU51.jpg) | |
| The Old Ship Inn, inn, Askam and Ireleth, SD21997760 -- Innsign - a ship (photo 16.4.2010) (BSM66.jpg) | |
| Royal George, inn, Workington, NY00722832 -- Innsign - the Royal George (photo 2.9.2009) (BRJ20.jpg) | |
| Royal Oak, inn, Windermere, SD40329680 -- Innsign - The Royal Oak? or at least a royal ship of oak. (photo 18.9.2009) (BRL34.jpg) | |
| The Sheffield, inn, Barrow-in-Furness, SD20016905 -- HMS Sheffield. (photo 10.10.2007) (BOG53.jpg) | |
| Ship Hotel, inn, Allonby, NY08134294 -- Innsign, a ship, badly corroded by the salt sea's spray. (photo 20.6.2007) (BNV71.jpg) | |
| Ship Inn, inn, Urswick, SD30067462 -- Signed:- 'Brenda Craven 2001 / The British Bark Garthpool 1926' (photo 6.7.2007) (BNW61.jpg) | |
| Ship Inn, inn, Egton with Newland, SD31418246 -- Innsign - a ship (photo 13.8.2010) (BTI16.jpg) | |
| The Ship Inn, inn, Beetham, SD47768072 -- Innsign, a ship. (photo 11.7.2013) (BYU29.jpg) | |
| Ship Inn, inn, Workington, NY00512865 -- (photo 14.5.2007) (BNQ56.jpg) | |
| The Ship Launch, inn, Egremont, NY01061105 -- Innsign, ship. (photo 16.5.2012) (BWK68.jpg) | |
| St Margaret's and St James's Church, church, Long Marton, NY66652398 -- Gravestone:- 'in remembrance of / WILLIAM BELLASIS, / ONE OF THE OFFICERS OF THE SHIP SCALEBY CASTLE / WHO WAS BORN OCTOBER 29 1777 AT LONG MARTON / [ ] DIED AT SEA ON A VOYAGE TO THE EAST INDIES / APRIL 7 1800 IN LAT 2 30 NORTH LONG 23 43 WEST ...' (photo 1.6.2009) (BQR23.jpg) | |
| St Mary's Church, church, Rockcliffe, NY35886163 -- Memorial, Captain William Mounsey, died 1830. (photo 31.8.2007) (BWT58.jpg) | |
| St Mary's Church, church, Rockcliffe, NY35886163 -- Ship on Captain Mounsey's memorial. (photo 31.8.2007) (BWT59.jpg) | |
| St Michael and All Angels Church, church, Blindcrake, NY16233329 -- Memorial:- 'In memory of John Bell Sailor / son of Joseph and Jane Bell / of this Parish. He departed / this life on the 8th. of Nov. 1880 / aged 15 years, on board the ship / Mitredale, at Sydney N.S.W. / ...' (photo 27.3.2009) (BQH43.jpg) | |
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map features | ||
| Examples of the map symbol for harbours, Cumbria from a miscellany of map notes (in no order). | ||
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references
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Skidmore, Peter: 2013 (May): Vessels and Networks;
Shipowning in North West England's Coastal Trade in the Late
Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries: Mariner's Mirror:
vol.99 part 2: pp.153-170
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: 1933 (8th edn): West Coast of England Pilot:
Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty & HMSO (London)
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: 1974 (11th edn): West Coasts of England and Wales
Pilot: Hydrographer to the Navy (Taunton, Somerset)
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Rothwell, Catherine: 2010: Ports and Harbours of the
North West Coast: History Press (Stroud, Gloucestershire)::
ISBN 978 07524 5308 8
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| Note: the west coast pilot was first published 1870, 2nd edn 1876, 3rd edn 1884, 4th edn 1891, 5th edn 1902, 6th edn 1910, 7th edn 1922, 8th edn 1933, 9th edn 1948, 10th edn 1960, 10th edn 1974, etc. There are regular Supplements with corrections to the pilot. The two editions cited are the ones that happen to be on my shelves. | ||
| The Hydrographic Office also publishes reliable charts to the Irish Sea etc. | ||
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