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Mirehouse / ˈ m ə h ʊ s ˈ / is an area and ward [1] in the English county of Cumbria and within the boundaries of the historic county of Cumberland. Mirehouse is 1.5 miles south of the town of Whitehaven near the A595 road. Mirehouse Estate, locally colloquially known as ‘The Valley’. [2]
Henderson was born in Whitehaven, Cumbria. [106] He played county cricket as a schoolboy and was an accomplished batsman and wicket-keeper but chose football. [ 8 ] Henderson initially started out as an outfield player before switching to his role as a goalkeeper.
Whitehaven is a town and port on the English north west coast and near to the Lake District National Park in Cumberland, Cumbria, England.It lies by road 38 miles (61 km) south-west of Carlisle and 45 miles (72 km) to the north of Barrow-in-Furness.
A prospectus for the company promoting the railway was issued in December 1853. [1] The line was to run for four and a half miles from a junction with the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway at Mirehouse, two miles south of Whitehaven to Egremont via Moor Row, and iron ore mines at Bigrigg and Woodend; a two-mile branch was to run from Moor Row to Frizington, [a] serving an ironworks in ...
Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet, FRS (1673 – 2 January 1755) was an English landowner, industrialist and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for 54 years between 1694 and 1755.
Sandwith is a settlement and former civil parish in Cumbria, England, about 7 miles from Workington and near St Bees. It lies in the parish of Whitehaven, in Cumberland unitary authority area. Sandwith was also a ward; in 2011 the ward had a population of 2463. [1] In 1931, the parish had a population of 332. [2]
Whitehaven is a town and civil parish in the Cumberland district, Cumbria, England. It contains over 170 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, six are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
Kells is an area of Whitehaven in Cumbria, England, elevated on a cliff to the south of the town centre, overlooking the Irish Sea. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 2,437. [ 1 ] Kells was built as a coal mining community.