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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 833 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MARYPORT , a See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

TOWN

town and seaport in the See also:

COCKERMOUTH

Cockermouth See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

Cumberland, See also:

England, 25 M. W.S.W. of See also:

Carlisle, on the Maryport & Carlisle railway. Pop. of See also:

urban See also:

DISTRICT

district (1901), 11,897. It is irregularly built on the See also:

SHORE

shore of the Irish See also:

Sea and on the cliffs above, at the mouth of the See also:

RIVER

river Ellen. Until 1750 there were only a few huts here, the spot being called Ellenioot, but at this See also:

time the See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour was built by See also:

HUMPHREY (or HUMFREY), LAWRENCE (1527?-1590)

Humphrey Senhouse. In 1892 Maryport became an See also:

INDEPENDENT

independent See also:

PORT

port with See also:

WORKINGTON

Workington, See also:

WHITEHAVEN

Whitehaven and See also:

MILLOM

Millom subordinate to it. See also:

COAL

Coal and See also:

pig-See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron are exported from the See also:

MINING

mining district inland, and See also:

SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding is carried on. There are also rope and See also:

SAIL

sail See also:

WORKS

works, iron-foundries, saw-See also:

mills, breweries and tanneries. On the See also:

hill See also:

north of the town there is a See also:

ROMAN

Roman fort which guarded the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, and many remains of this See also:

period have been discovered. The fort was called Uxellodunum.

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