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Harrington, Cumbria, the Glossary

Harrington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Workington, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.^[1]

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Populated coastal places in Cumbria
Ports and harbours of Cumbria
Workington

Allerdale

Allerdale was a non-metropolitan district of Cumbria, England, with borough status.

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The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government.

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Cleator and Workington Junction Railway

The Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) was located in West Cumberland in Northern England, serving the towns of Cleator Moor and Workington and intermediate villages.

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Coal mining

Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.

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Cumberland

Cumberland is an area of Northern England which was historically a county and is now fully part of Cumbria.

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Cumberland is a unitary authority area in Cumbria, England, which means that is a non-metropolitan county and district.

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Cumbria

Cumbria is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Cumbrian Coast line

The Cumbrian Coast line is a rail route in North West England, running from Carlisle to Barrow-in-Furness via Workington and Whitehaven.

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Distington

Distington is a large village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, south of Workington and north of Whitehaven.

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European Parliament

The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions.

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Great Britain Historical GIS

The Great Britain Historical GIS (or GBHGIS) is a spatially enabled database that documents and visualises the changing human geography of the British Isles, although is primarily focussed on the subdivisions of the United Kingdom mainly over the 200 years since the first census in 1801.

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Harrington railway station

Harrington railway station is a railway station serving the village of Harrington in Cumbria, England.

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Harrington, Cumbria

Harrington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Workington, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Harrington, Cumbria and Harrington, Cumbria are former civil parishes in Cumbria, Populated coastal places in Cumbria, ports and harbours of Cumbria and Workington.

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High Harrington railway station

High Harrington railway station was opened by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) in 1879.

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Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are areas that were established for administration by the Normans, in many cases based on earlier kingdoms and shires created by the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Celts and others.

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Historic England

Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

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Incendiary device

Incendiary weapons, incendiary devices, incendiary munitions, or incendiary bombs are weapons designed to start fires.

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Local government

Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state.

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Magnesite

Magnesite is a mineral with the chemical formula (magnesium carbonate).

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Mark Jenkinson

Mark Ian Jenkinson (born 28 January 1982) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the abolished seat of Workington from 2019 to the 2024 general election.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district.

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Member of the European Parliament

A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.

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Minister of Aircraft Production

The Minister of Aircraft Production was, from 1940 to 1945, the British government minister at the Ministry of Aircraft Production, one of the specialised supply ministries set up by the British Government during World War II.

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North West England

North West England is one of nine official regions of England and consists of the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.

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North West England (European Parliament constituency)

North West England was a constituency of the European Parliament.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories.

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Salterbeck

Salterbeck is a housing estate on the south side of Workington, Cumbria, England, which was built during the 1930s on farmland for steelworkers and their families relocating to the area. Harrington, Cumbria and Salterbeck are Populated coastal places in Cumbria and Workington.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrington,_Cumbria

Also known as Harrington, Cumberland, High Harrington.

Harrington, Cumbria, the Glossary

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See also

Populated coastal places in Cumbria

Ports and harbours of Cumbria

Workington

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