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Index Whitehaven

Whitehaven is a town and port on the English north west coast and near to the Lake District National Park in Cumberland, Cumbria, England.[1]

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  1. 229 relations: A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain, A595 road, Abraham Acton, Acts of Union 1707, Adam Summerfield, Adit, Africa, Albright and Wilson, American Revolutionary War, Ancient Rome, Anhydrite, Antigua, Archbishop of York, Atlantic slave trade, Barbados, Barrow-in-Furness, BBC North East and Cumbria, BBC Radio Cumbria, BBC Two, Bell pit, Bessemer process, Bianca Mosca, Bobby Robson, Bolton, Borough of Copeland, Brad Kavanagh, Brexit, Brian Higgins (producer), Bristol, British Army, British rugby league system, Bulgaria, Cable railway, Carlisle, Carlisle railway station, Carnforth, Casablanca, Census in the United Kingdom, Chapel of ease, Charlie Woods, Christian Dior, Cleator Moor Celtic F.C., CN Group, Coal mining, Corkickle railway station, Council for British Archaeology, Craig Cook, Crampton locomotive, Crow's nest, Crystal Palace F.C., ... Expand index (179 more) »

  2. 1910 disasters in the United Kingdom
  3. 1910 in England
  4. 1910 mining disasters
  5. 1947 disasters in the United Kingdom
  6. 1947 in England
  7. 1947 mining disasters
  8. Coal mining disasters in England
  9. Populated coastal places in Cumbria
  10. Ports and harbours of Cumbria
  11. Towns in Cumbria

A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain

A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain is an account of his travels by English author Daniel Defoe, first published in three volumes between 1724 and 1727.

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A595 road

The A595 is a primary route in Cumbria, in Northern England that starts in Carlisle, passes through Whitehaven and goes close to Workington, Cockermouth and Wigton.

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Abraham Acton

Abraham Acton VC (17 December 1893 – 16 May 1915) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Acts of Union 1707

The Acts of Union refer to two Acts of Parliament, one by the Parliament of England in 1706, the other by the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.

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Adam Summerfield

Adam Summerfield (born 30 August 1990 in Whitehaven, England) is an English professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Manchester Phoenix in the EPL.

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Adit

An adit (from Latin aditus, entrance) or stulm is a horizontal or nearly horizontal passage to an underground mine.

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Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.

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Albright and Wilson

Albright and Wilson was founded in 1856 as a United Kingdom manufacturer of potassium chlorate and white phosphorus for the match industry.

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American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Anhydrite

Anhydrite, or anhydrous calcium sulfate, is a mineral with the chemical formula CaSO4.

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Antigua

Antigua, also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the local population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles.

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Archbishop of York

The archbishop of York is a senior bishop in the Church of England, second only to the archbishop of Canterbury.

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Atlantic slave trade

The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people to the Americas.

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Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region next to North America and north of South America, and is the most easterly of the Caribbean islands.

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Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish (as just "Barrow") in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Whitehaven and Barrow-in-Furness are Populated coastal places in Cumbria and towns in Cumbria.

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BBC North East and Cumbria

BBC North East and Cumbria is one of the BBC's English regions covering Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Gateshead, South Tyneside, City of Sunderland, County Durham, Northumberland, north and mid Cumbria and parts of North Yorkshire.

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BBC Radio Cumbria

BBC Radio Cumbria is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Cumbria.

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BBC Two

BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.

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Bell pit

A bell pit is a primitive method of mining coal, iron ore, or other minerals lying near the surface.

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Bessemer process

The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace.

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Bianca Mosca

Bianca Mosca, born Bianca Lea Rosa Mottironi,England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 was a London-based fashion designer who rose to prominence during the 1940s and was the only woman member of the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers (IncSoc), which represented the interests of the British couture industry.

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Bobby Robson

Sir Robert William Robson (18 February 1933 – 31 July 2009) was an English footballer and football manager.

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Bolton

Bolton (locally) is a town in Greater Manchester in England.

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Borough of Copeland

The Borough of Copeland was a local government district with borough status in western Cumbria, England.

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Brad Kavanagh

Brad Kavanagh is an English actor and musician from Whitehaven, Cumbria.

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Brexit

Brexit (portmanteau of "British exit") was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU).

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Brian Higgins (producer)

Brian Thomas Higgins (born 1966) is a British record producer and songwriter, who has written and produced albums and tracks for several successful pop music singers and groups, including Girls Aloud, S Club 7, Sugababes, and the Saturdays through his Xenomania production team.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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British rugby league system

The British rugby league system is based on a five-tier structure administered by the Rugby Football League.

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Bulgaria

Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river, Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the 16th largest country in Europe.

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Cable railway

A cable railway is a railway that uses a cable, rope or chain to haul trains.

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Carlisle

Carlisle (from Caer Luel) is a cathedral city in the ceremonial county of Cumbria in England. Whitehaven and Carlisle are towns in Cumbria.

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Carlisle railway station

Carlisle railway station, or Carlisle Citadel, is a Grade II* listed railway station serving the cathedral city of Carlisle, Cumbria, England.

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Carnforth

Carnforth is a market town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England, situated at the north-east end of Morecambe Bay.

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Casablanca

Casablanca (lit) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre.

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Census in the United Kingdom

Coincident full censuses have taken place in the different jurisdictions of the United Kingdom every ten years since 1801, with the exceptions of 1941 (during the Second World War), Ireland in 1921/Northern Ireland in 1931, and Scotland in 2021.

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Chapel of ease

A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently, generally due to distance away.

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Charlie Woods

Charles Morgan Parkinson Woods (born 18 March 1941) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward.

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Christian Dior

Christian Ernest Dior (21 January 1905 – 24 October 1957) was a French fashion designer and founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, Christian Dior SE.

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Cleator Moor Celtic F.C.

Cleator Moor Celtic Football Club is a football club based in Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England.

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CN Group

CN Group Limited was formerly an independent local media business based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, operating in print and radio.

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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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Corkickle railway station

Corkickle railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of Corkickle near Whitehaven in Cumbria, England.

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Council for British Archaeology

The Council for British Archaeology (CBA) is an educational charity established in 1944 in the UK.

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Craig Cook

Craig William Cook (born 21 May 1987) is a motorcycle speedway rider from England.

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Crampton locomotive

A Crampton locomotive is a type of steam locomotive designed by Thomas Russell Crampton and built by various firms from 1846.

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Crow's nest

A crow's nest is a structure in the upper part of the main mast of a ship or a structure that is used as a lookout point.

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Crystal Palace F.C.

Crystal Palace Football Club (commonly referred to as simply Palace) is a professional football club based in Selhurst in the Borough of Croydon, South London, England.

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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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Cumberland Coalfield

The Cumberland Coalfield is a coalfield in Cumbria, north-west England.

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Cumbria

Cumbria is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Cumbria County Council

Cumbria County Council was the county council for the non-metropolitan county of Cumbria in the North West of England.

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Cumbria Rugby League

Cumbria Rugby League is a series of summer rugby league competitions for amateur teams in Cumbria.

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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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Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe (born Daniel Foe; 1660 – 24 April 1731) was an English novelist, journalist, merchant, pamphleteer and spy.

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Davy lamp

The Davy lamp is a safety lamp used in flammable atmospheres, invented in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy.

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Dean Henderson

Dean Bradley Henderson (born 12 March 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Crystal Palace and the England national team.

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Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II

The year 2012 marked the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II being the 60th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952.

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Dick Huddart

Richard Huddart (22 June 1936 – 11 August 2021) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

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Digital terrestrial television

Digital terrestrial television (DTTV, DTT, or DTTB) is a technology for terrestrial television where television stations broadcast television content in a digital format.

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Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom

Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom encompasses over 100 television, radio and interactive services broadcast via the United Kingdom's terrestrial television network and receivable with a standard television set.

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Dissolution of the monasteries

The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally referred to as the suppression of the monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541, by which Henry VIII disbanded Catholic monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland; seized their wealth; disposed of their assets; and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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Drigg

Drigg is a village situated in the civil parish of Drigg and Carleton on the West Cumbria coast of the Irish Sea and on the boundary of the Lake District National Park in the Borough of Copeland in the county of Cumbria, England.

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Drivers Jonas

Drivers Jonas was a longstanding private partnership of chartered surveyors in the United Kingdom.

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Edith Mary Brown

Dame Edith Mary Brown, (24 March 1864 – 6 December 1956) was an English doctor and medical educator.

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Edward Molyneux

Edward Henry Molyneux (5 September 1891 – 23 March 1974) was a leading British fashion designer whose salon in Paris was in operation from 1919 until 1950.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022.

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The England national football team have represented England in international football since the first international match in 1872.

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Eskdale, Cumbria

Eskdale is a civil parish in the western Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Falmouth, Cornwall

Falmouth (label) is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Fatty alcohol

Fatty alcohols (or long-chain alcohols) are usually high-molecular-weight, straight-chain primary alcohols, but can also range from as few as 4–6 carbons to as many as 22–26, derived from natural fats and oils.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the Fellows of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science, and medical science".

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Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject".

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Financial Times

The Financial Times (FT) is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs.

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Firearms regulation in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, access by the general public to firearms is subject to strict control measures.

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Firedamp

Firedamp is any flammable gas found in coal mines, typically coalbed methane.

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Formula Three

Formula Three, also called Formula 3, abbreviated as F3, is a third-tier class of open-wheel formula racing.

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Frank Schon, Baron Schon

Frank Schon, Baron Schon (18 May 1912 – 7 January 1995) was an Austrian-born British industrialist and life peer, who served as Chairman of the National Research Development Corporation between 1969 and 1979.

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Freesat

Freesat is a British free-to-air satellite television service, first formed as a joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc and now owned by Everyone TV (itself owned by all of the four UK public service broadcasters, BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5).

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Freeview (UK)

Freeview is the United Kingdom's sole digital terrestrial television platform.

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Frizington

Frizington is a village in Cumbria, England, historically part of Cumberland, near the Lake District National Park.

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Frustration in English law

Frustration is an English contract law doctrine that acts as a device to set aside contracts where an unforeseen event either renders contractual obligations impossible, or radically changes the party's principal purpose for entering into the contract.

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Furness Railway

The Furness Railway (Furness) was a railway company operating in the Furness area of Lancashire in North West England.

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Gavin Simonds, 1st Viscount Simonds

Gavin Turnbull Simonds, 1st Viscount Simonds, (28 November 1881 – 28 June 1971) was a British judge, politician and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.

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George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

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Georgian architecture

Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830.

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Gerard Richardson (author)

Gerard Paul Richardson born 4 January 1962 in Cleator Moor was the founder and CEO of the International Maritime Festivals which ran in Whitehaven from 1999 to 2013.

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Givenchy

Givenchy is a French luxury fashion and perfume house.

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Glasgow

Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.

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Greatest Hits Radio Cumbria & South West Scotland

Greatest Hits Radio Cumbria & South West Scotland formerly CFM is an Independent Local Radio station based in Carlisle, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network.

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Guy Lovell

William Guy Lovell (born 16 February 1969) is a former English cricketer.

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Hematite

Hematite, also spelled as haematite, is a common iron oxide compound with the formula, Fe2O3 and is widely found in rocks and soils.

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Henry VIII

Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.

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Hensingham

Hensingham is a suburb of Whitehaven and former civil parish, now in the parish of Whitehaven, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.

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History of Ireland

The first evidence of human presence in Ireland dates to around 33,000 years ago, with further findings dating the presence of homo sapiens to around 10,500 to 7,000 BCE.

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Horse mill

A horse mill is a mill, sometimes used in conjunction with a watermill or windmill, that uses a horse engine as the power source.

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Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale

Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, (25 January 1857–13 April 1944) was an English peer and sportsman.

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Ipswich Town F.C.

Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

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Ireland national rugby league team

The Ireland men's national rugby league team, known as the Wolfhounds, is organised by Rugby League Ireland and represents the entire isle of Ireland in international rugby league.

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It Bites

It Bites are an English progressive rock and pop fusion band, formed in Egremont, Cumbria, in 1982 and best known for their 1986 single "Calling All the Heroes", which gained them a Top 10 UK Singles Chart hit.

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ITV Border

ITV Border, previously Border Television and commonly referred to as simply Border, is the Channel 3 service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the England/Scotland border region, covering most of Cumbria and Dumfries and Galloway, the Scottish Borders and parts of Northumberland.

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Jack Lawson

John James Lawson, 1st Baron Lawson, PC (16 October 1881 – 3 August 1965) was a British trade unionist and a Labour Party politician.

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Jackie Sewell

John "Jackie" Sewell (24 January 1927 – 26 September 2016) was an England International footballer.

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Jane Pearson

Jane Pearson or Jane Sibson (1735 – 20 March 1816) was a British Quaker minister and diarist.

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Jean-Christophe Novelli

Jean-Christophe Novelli (born 22 February 1961) is a French chef, restaurateur and television personality.

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John Adams, 1st Baron Adams

John Jackson Adams, 1st Baron Adams, OBE, JP (12 October 1890 – 23 August 1960) was a British politician and public servant.

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John Beck (It Bites)

John Beck is an English musician and songwriter, best known for his role as a member of progressive rock/pop fusion band It Bites (who scored a number 6 hit in the UK singles chart in 1986 with 'Calling All the Heroes').

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John Benson (clockmaker)

John Benson was an English clockmaker who lived and worked in Whitehaven, mainly on brass dial eight-day clocks with rolling moons for the upper market.

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John Calley (engineer)

John Calley (also spelt Cawley) (1663 – May 1725, The Hague), was a metalworker, plumber and glass-blower, who became famous for being Thomas Newcomen's partner.

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John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 6, 1747 – July 18, 1792) was a Scottish-born American naval officer who served in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War.

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift".

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Jonny Edgar

Jonny Edgar (born 13 February 2004) is a British racing driver who competes in the European Le Mans Series with AO by TF.

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Jordan Clark (cricketer)

Jordan Clark (born 14 October 1990) is an English cricketer who plays for Surrey.

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Josh MacAlister

Josh MacAlister is a British Labour politician who has been Member of Parliament for Whitehaven and Workington since 2024.

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Jury

A jury is a sworn body of people (jurors) convened to hear evidence, make findings of fact, and render an impartial verdict officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment.

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Katherine Jenkins

Katherine Jenkins (born 29 June 1980) is a Welsh singer.

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Kells A.R.L.F.C.

Kells A.R.L.F.C. is an amateur rugby league football club based in Kells, Whitehaven.

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Kells, Whitehaven

Kells is an area of Whitehaven in Cumbria, England, elevated on a cliff to the south of the town centre, overlooking the Irish sea.

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Kingdom of Strathclyde

Strathclyde (lit. "broad valley of the Clyde",, Cumbria) was a Brittonic kingdom in northern Britain during the Middle Ages.

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Kozloduy

Kozloduy is a town in northwest Bulgaria, located in Vratsa Province, on the Danube River.

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Kyle Amor

Kyle Amor (born 26 May 1987) is a TV broadcaster with Sky Sports and is a former Ireland international rugby league footballer who played most of his career with St Helens.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.

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Lake District

The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region and national park in Cumbria, North West England.

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Lamplugh

Lamplugh is a scattered community and civil parish located in West Cumbria on the edge of the English Lake District and historically part of Cumberland.

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A legal case is in a general sense a dispute between opposing parties which may be resolved by a court, or by some equivalent legal process.

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List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1936

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1936.

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Listed buildings in Whitehaven

Whitehaven is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Copeland, Cumbria, England.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

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Lowther baronets

There have been seven baronetcies created for members of the Lowther family, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, two in the Baronetage of England, two in the Baronetage of Great Britain and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

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Lowther family

This article summarises the relationships between various members of the family of Lowther baronets.

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Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.

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Madness (band)

Madness are an English ska and pop band from Camden Town, north west London, who formed in 1976.

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Malcolm Eccles

Malcolm Eccles (born 1969) is a utilities senior executive.

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Manchester Phoenix

Manchester Phoenix was a semi professional ice hockey team from Greater Manchester, England.

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Margaret Hodge

Dame Margaret Eve Hodge, (née Oppenheimer, formerly Watson; born 8 September 1944) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barking from 1994 to 2024.

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Maryport

Maryport is a town and civil parish in Cumbria, England. Whitehaven and Maryport are Populated coastal places in Cumbria and towns in Cumbria.

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Matthew Postlethwaite

Matthew Postlethwaite (born 25 September 1991 in Whitehaven, England) is a British actor, writer, singer, artist and entrepreneur.

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Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Met Office

The Meteorological Office, abbreviated as the Met Office, is the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service.

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Mildred Gale

Mildred Gale (1671–1701), born Mildred Warner in the Colony of Virginia, was the paternal grandmother of Founding Father and first American president George Washington.

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Milton Huddart

Milton Huddart (7 October 1960 – 14 March 2015), also known by the nickname of "Milt", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s.

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Mining accident

A mining accident is an accident that occurs during the process of mining minerals or metals.

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Mirehouse, Copeland

Mirehouse is an area and ward in the English county of Cumbria and within the boundaries of the historic county of Cumberland.

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N-Dubz

N-Dubz are an English hip-hop trio from Camden Town, London, England, consisting of cousins Dappy and Tulisa, and Fazer.

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National Coal Board

The National Coal Board (NCB) was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom.

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National Conference League

The National Conference League (often abbreviated to the NCL) is an amateur rugby league competition in Great Britain.

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National parks of the United Kingdom

National parks of the United Kingdom (parciau cenedlaethol; pàircean nàiseanta) are 15 areas of relatively undeveloped and scenic landscape across the country.

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National Trust

The National Trust (Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol; Iontaobhas Náisiúnta) is a heritage and nature conservation charity and membership organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England.

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Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (RP), is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England.

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Newcomen atmospheric engine

The atmospheric engine was invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712, and is often referred to as the Newcomen fire engine (see below) or simply as a Newcomen engine.

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Nicholas Sekers

Sir Nicholas Thomas "Miki" Sekers (born Miklós Szekeres, 12 December 1910 – 23 June 1972) was a British-based industrialist who, with his cousin, founded Sekers Fabrics.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia.

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North West England (European Parliament constituency)

North West England was a constituency of the European Parliament.

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Nuclear reprocessing

Nuclear reprocessing is the chemical separation of fission products and actinides from spent nuclear fuel.

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Open-hearth furnace

An open-hearth furnace or open hearth furnace is any of several kinds of industrial furnace in which excess carbon and other impurities are burnt out of pig iron to produce steel.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.

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Parish council (England)

A parish council is a civil local authority found in England, which is the lowest tier of local government.

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Parton, Cumbria

Parton is a village and civil parish on the Cumbrian coast, overlooking the Solway Firth, 1¼ miles (2 km) from Whitehaven in England. Whitehaven and Parton, Cumbria are Populated coastal places in Cumbria.

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Pierre Cardin

Pierre Cardin, born Pietro Costante Cardin (2 July 1922 – 29 December 2020), was an Italian-born naturalised-French fashion designer.

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Pilot experiment

A pilot experiment, pilot study, pilot test or pilot project is a small-scale preliminary study conducted to evaluate feasibility, duration, cost, adverse events, and improve upon the study design prior to performance of a full-scale research project.

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Poet laureate

A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions.

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 19219 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Razorlight

Razorlight are an English indie rock band, formed in 2002 in London by lead singer and guitarist Johnny Borrell.

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Red Arrows

The Red Arrows, officially known as the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, is the aerobatics display team of the Royal Air Force (RAF) based at RAF Waddington.

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RFL Championship

The Rugby Football League Championship, (known as the Betfred Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the second highest division of rugby league in Britain (with one team in the league also being based in France) after the Super League.

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Rhodia (company)

Rhodia was a group founded in 1988 that specialized in fine chemistry, synthetic fibers, and polymers.

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Robert Salmon

Robert Salmon (1775 &ndash) was a maritime artist, active in both England and America.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

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Royal Society

The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences.

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Rugby league

Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby XIII in non-Anglophone Europe and South America, and referred to colloquially as football, footy or league in its heartlands, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring wide and long with H-shaped posts at both ends.

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Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean.

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Scott Carson

Scott Paul Carson (born 3 September 1985) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Manchester City.

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Sea cadets

Sea cadets are members of a cadets youth program sponsored by a national naval service, aimed for young people with an interest in waterborne activities and or the national navy.

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Sellafield

Sellafield, formerly known as Windscale, is a large multi-function nuclear site close to Seascale on the coast of Cumbria, England.

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Shaun Woodward

Shaun Anthony Woodward (born 26 October 1958) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2007 to 2010.

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Shepherd Dawson

Dr Shepherd Dawson FRSE (1880 – 1935) was a British psychologist and author.

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Silloth

Silloth (sometimes known as Silloth-on-Solway) is a port town and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. Whitehaven and Silloth are Populated coastal places in Cumbria, ports and harbours of Cumbria and towns in Cumbria.

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Sir Christopher Lowther, 1st Baronet

Sir Christopher Lowther, 1st Baronet (d April 1644) was an English merchant and landowner, responsible for the initial development of Whitehaven as a port.

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Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet

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.

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Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet, of Whitehaven

Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet FRS (9 November 1642 – 17 January 1706) was an English politician and landowner.

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Sky UK

Sky UK Limited, trading as Sky is a British broadcaster and telecommunications company that provides television, internet, fixed line and mobile telephone services to consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom.

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Slave ship

Slave ships were large cargo ships specially built or converted from the 17th to the 19th century for transporting slaves.

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Sodium triphosphate

Sodium triphosphate (STP), also sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP), or tripolyphosphate (TPP),,,, Accessed 2008-07-15) is an inorganic compound with formula Na5P3O10. It is the sodium salt of the polyphosphate penta-anion, which is the conjugate base of triphosphoric acid. It is produced on a large scale as a component of many domestic and industrial products, especially detergents.

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Sol Roper

John Roper (birth registered in the third quarter of 1936 – 14 October 2015), also known by the nickname of "Sol", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1960s and 1970s.

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St Bees

St Bees is a coastal village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Copeland district of Cumbria, England, on the Irish Sea. Whitehaven and St Bees are Populated coastal places in Cumbria.

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St Bees Head

St Bees Head is a headland on the North West coast of the English county of Cumbria and is named after the nearby village of St Bees.

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St Bees Priory

St Bees Priory is the parish church of St Bees, Cumbria, in England.

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St Bees School

St Bees School is a co-educational fee-charging school, located in the West Cumbrian village of St Bees, England.

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Status Quo (band)

Status Quo are a British rock band.

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Steam Elephant

Steam Elephant was an early steam locomotive from North East England.

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Stuart Cummings

Stuart Cummings (born 17 November 1960) is the former Match Officials Director of the Rugby Football League, and a former international referee.

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Sulfuric acid

Sulfuric acid (American spelling and the preferred IUPAC name) or sulphuric acid (Commonwealth spelling), known in antiquity as oil of vitriol, is a mineral acid composed of the elements sulfur, oxygen, and hydrogen, with the molecular formula.

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Sunderland

Sunderland is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England.

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Tate Modern

Tate Modern is an art gallery in London, housing the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art, defined as from after 1900, and forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.

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The Rum Story

The Rum Story is a visitor attraction and museum in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England.

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Thirteen Colonies

The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Thomas Chaloner (statesman)

Sir Thomas Chaloner (1521 – 14 October 1565) was an English statesman and poet.

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Tobacco Lords

The Tobacco Lords were a group of Scottish merchants active during the Georgian era who made substantial sums of money via their participation in the triangular trade, primarily through dealing in slave-produced tobacco that was grown in the Thirteen Colonies.

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Transom (architecture)

In architecture, a transom is a transverse horizontal structural beam or bar, or a crosspiece separating a door from a window above it.

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Tulk and Ley

Tulk and Ley was a 19th-century iron mining company in west Cumberland which also ran an engineering works at Lowca near Whitehaven.

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University of Portsmouth

The University of Portsmouth (UoP) is a public university in Portsmouth, England.

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Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the British decorations system.

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Vikings

Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.

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Virgin Media is a telecommunications company from Britain, founded in 2007, which provides telephone, television and internet services in the United Kingdom.

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Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom

The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level, represented by one or more councillors.

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The West Lancashire Football League is a football competition based in northern England, consisting of five divisions – three for first teams (Premier, One and Two), and two for reserve teams.

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Whitehaven A.F.C.

Whitehaven Amateur Football Club is a football club in Whitehaven, Cumbria.

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Whitehaven and Workington (UK Parliament constituency)

Whitehaven and Workington is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.

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Whitehaven Castle

Whitehaven Castle is a historic building in Whitehaven, Cumbria.

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Whitehaven R.L.F.C.

Whitehaven 2010 R.L.F.C. is a professional rugby league club playing in Whitehaven in west Cumbria.

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Whitehaven railway station

Whitehaven railway station is a railway station serving the coastal town of Whitehaven in Cumbria, England.

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Whitehaven Town Hall

Whitehaven Town Hall is a municipal building in Duke Street in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England.

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William Brownrigg

William Brownrigg (– 6 January 1800) was a British doctor and scientist, who practised at Whitehaven in Cumberland.

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William Chapman (engineer)

William Chapman (1749–1832) was an English engineer.

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William Thomson (bishop)

William Thomson, (11 February 1819 – 25 December 1890) was an English church leader, Archbishop of York from 1862 until his death.

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William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth (7 April 177023 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798).

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Winding engine

A winding engine is a stationary engine used to control a cable, for example to power a mining hoist at a pit head.

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Woodhouse Colliery

Woodhouse Colliery, also known as Whitehaven coal mine, is a proposed coal mine near to Whitehaven in Cumbria, England.

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Workington

Workington is a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in Cumbria, England. Whitehaven and Workington are Populated coastal places in Cumbria, ports and harbours of Cumbria and towns in Cumbria.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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190-192 Sloane Street

190-192 Sloane Street, also known as the Sekers Building, is a grade II listed building on Sloane Street, London at the junction with Harriet Street.

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1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike

The 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike was a major industrial action within the British coal industry in an attempt to prevent closures of pits that the government deemed "uneconomic" in the coal industry, which had been nationalised in 1947.

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2024 United Kingdom general election

The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024, to elect 650 members of Parliament to the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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See also

1910 disasters in the United Kingdom

1910 in England

1910 mining disasters

1947 disasters in the United Kingdom

1947 in England

1947 mining disasters

Coal mining disasters in England

Populated coastal places in Cumbria

Ports and harbours of Cumbria

Towns in Cumbria

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehaven

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