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MARYPORT
, a See also:market See also:town and seaport in the See also:Cockermouth See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Cumberland, See also:England, 25 M
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W.S.W. of See also:Carlisle, on the Maryport & Carlisle railway
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Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 11,897
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It is irregularly built on the See also:shore of the Irish See also:Sea and on the cliffs above, at the mouth of the See also:river Ellen
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Until 1750 there were only a few huts here, the spot being called Ellenioot, but at this See also:time the See also:harbour was built by See also:Humphrey Senhouse
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In 1892 Maryport became an See also:independent See also:port with See also:Workington, See also:Whitehaven and See also:Millom subordinate to it
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See also:Coal and See also:pig-See also:iron are exported from the See also:mining district inland, and See also:shipbuilding is carried on
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There are also rope and See also:sail See also:works, iron-foundries, saw-See also:mills, breweries and tanneries
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