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harbours, Cumbria
county:-   Cumbria
also see:-    coasts, Cumbria
 sea areas, Cumbria

Ship Havens
Ships need somewhere safe to moor and unload.

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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.

CDK66.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Sun Inn, Hensingham, Whitehaven, NX98631676 -- (photo 23.6.2015)
BNC93.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Sun Inn, Hensingham, Whitehaven, NX98631676 -- Innsign, harbour scene. (photo 2.1.2007)

BTZ94.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Albion, Arnside, SD45617875 -- Innsign - ship, The Albion (photo 8.2.2011)
BMO72.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Albion, Barrow-in-Furness, SD199689 -- Innsign, HMS Albion? badly faded by sunshine. (photo 30.8.2006)
BUO35.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Bounty, Workington, NY00212886 -- Innsign - The Bounty; designer graphics. (photo 13.5.2011)
BLK20.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Britannia, Elterwater, NY32780483 -- The innsign shows a 100 gun ship, about 1692. (photo 17.11.2005)
CCG75.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Carlisle: Hartington Place, 2 and 4, NY40685591 -- Stained glass in a fanlight. (photo 30.1.2015)
CHA94.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Christ Church, Allonby, NY08034231 -- Kneeler in Christ Church, Allonby. (photo 22.2.2018)
BNR92.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Dovenby Ship, Dovenby, NY09563347 -- (photo 25.5.2007)
CCI68.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Holy Trinity, Bardsea, SD30107454 -- Kneeler. (photo 5.2.2015)
BMB03.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Hope and Anchor, Port Carlisle, NY24026220 -- Innsign, ship, anchor, any hope? (photo 5.5.2006)
CFN92.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge lighthouse, Maryport Harbour, NY02983681 -- Weathervane. (photo 30.9.2016)
BOU49.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Maritime Museum, Maryport, NY03423653 -- Painting of the Thorne Holme, built by J L Thompson, Sunderland, 1881, for Hine's shipping line. (photo 25.5.2007)
BOU50.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Maritime 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)
BOU51.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Maritime Museum, Maryport, NY03423653 -- Painting of the Isel Holme, Hine's shipping line. (photo 25.5.2007)
BSM66.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Old Ship Inn, Ireleth, SD21987759 -- Innsign - a ship (photo 16.4.2010)
BRJ20.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Royal Geogre, Workington, NY00722832 -- Innsign - the Royal George (photo 2.9.2009)
BRL34.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Royal Oak, Bowness-on-Windermere, SD40329680 -- Innsign - The Royal Oak? or at least a royal ship of oak. (photo 18.9.2009)
BOG53.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Sheffield, Barrow-in-Furness, SD20016905 -- HMS Sheffield. (photo 10.10.2007)
BZU72.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Ship Hotel, Allonby, NY08134294 -- Innsign, a ship. (photo 7.2.2014)
BNV71.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Ship Hotel, Allonby, NY08134294 -- Innsign, a ship, badly corroded by the salt sea's spray. (photo 20.6.2007)
BNW61.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Ship Inn, Bardsea, SD30057462 -- Signed:- (photo 6.7.2007)
BTI16.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Ship Inn, Greenodd, SD31408247 -- Innsign - a ship (photo 13.8.2010)
BYU29.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Ship Inn, Sandside, SD47768072 -- Innsign, a ship. (photo 11.7.2013)
BNQ56.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Ship Inn, Workington, NY00512865 -- (photo 14.5.2007)
BWK68.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Ship Launch, Egremont, NY01061105 -- Innsign, ship. (photo 16.5.2012)
BZP17.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Ship, Thursby, NY32555028 -- Innsign, a ship. (photo 1.11.2013)
BZP19.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge Ship, Thursby, NY32555028 -- Innsign, ship. (photo 1.11.2013)
CBS95.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge St Andrew, Dent, SD70518704 -- Stained glass; St Margaret, St Andrew, et al. (photo 19.9.2014)
BQR23.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge St Margaret and St James, Long Marton, Broom, NY66652399 -- Gravestone:- (photo 1.6.2009)
BWT58.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge St Mary, Rockcliffe, NY35886165 -- Memorial, Captain William Mounsey, died 1830. (photo 31.8.2007)
BWT59.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge St Mary, Rockcliffe, NY35886165 -- Ship on Captain Mounsey's memorial. (photo 31.8.2007)
BQH43.jpg thumbnail, click to enlarge St Michael, Isel, NY16233331 -- Memorial:- (photo 27.3.2009)

references:-  
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
: 1933 (8th edn): West Coast of England Pilot: Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty &HMSO (London)
: 1974 (11th edn): West Coasts of England and Wales Pilot: Hydrographer to the Navy (Taunton, Somerset)
Rothwell, Catherine: 2010: Ports and Harbours of the North West Coast: History Press (Stroud, Gloucestershire):: ISBN 978 07524 5308 8
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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