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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 831 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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WORKINGTON , a municipal See also:

BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough, seaport and See also:

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

market See also:

TOWN

town 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, 34 M. S.W. of See also:

Carlisle, served by the Cockermouth, See also:

KESWICK

Keswick & See also:

PENRITH

Penrith, the See also:

LONDON

London & See also:

North-Western and the Cleator & Workington Junction See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. Pop. (19o1) 26,143. It lies on the S. See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

RIVER

river See also:

DERWENT (Celtic Dwr-gent, clear water)

Derwent, at its outflow into the Irish See also:

Sea. 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 is safe, being protected by a stony See also:

BEACH

beach and by a See also:

BREAKWATER

breakwater. The See also:

Lonsdale See also:

DOCK

dock is 42 acres in extent. The See also:

PORT

port was made subordinate to that of See also:

MARYPORT

Maryport in 1892. There are large collieries in the neighbourhood of the town, the workings in some cases extending beneath the sea, and blast-furnaces, See also:

ENGINEERING

engineering See also:

WORKS

works, See also:

cycle and motor works, See also:

SHIP

ship-See also:

BUILDING

building yards and See also:

paper See also:

mills. The borough is under a See also:

mayor, 7 aldermen and 21 councillors. See also:

AREA

Area, 2245 acres. Neat-the town is Workington See also:

Hall, a castellated structure retaining some of the See also:

ancient rooms, including that in which See also:

Mary, See also:

queen of Scots; is said to have slept when she escaped to England after the See also:

BATTLE

battle of Langside in May 1568.

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