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RAVENGLASS, a sea-port village in Muncaster parish, Cumberland; at the head of the joint estuary of the rivers Irt, Mite, and Esk, adjacent to the Whitehaven and Furness railway, 4½ miles N by W of Bootle. It is a sub-port to Whitehaven; carries on ship-building, a coasting-trade and an oyster fishery; and has a station on the railway, a post-office‡ under Whitehaven, a hotel, an endowed school, a weekly market on Wednesday, and fairs on 8 June and 5 Aug. Pop., about 450.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a sea-port village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Muncaster Parish Cumberland Ancient County |
| Place: | Ravenglass |
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