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Harrington in Cumberland County England History and GeographyHARRINGTON, a small sea-port and parish in ALLERDALE ward above Darwent, county of CUMBERLAND, 2½ miles (S.) from Workington, containing 1845 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at £7. 7. 3½., and in the patronage of H. C. Curwen, Esq. The church is a neat structure, without a tower, standing upon an eminence a little westward from the old village of Harrington, and eastward of the new town, which is a small but thriving sea-port, formerly termed Bella-port, situated at the mouth of a small stream called the Wyre, which falls into the Irish sea, and subordinate to the port of Whitehaven. The harbour was considerably improved at the expense of the late J. C. Curwen, Esq., whose father constructed the first quay, from which period its trade has been gradually increasing. In 1760, not a single ship belonged to the port, but there are now upwards of forty, averaging one hundred and twenty-two tons each; they can sail quite into the town, loading and unloading before the houses, and are chiefly employed in conveying large quantities of coal obtained here to Ireland; besides these, about five hundred sloops annually take in lime, which is brought by land from the adjoining parish of Distington, for Scotland. Iron-stone and fire-clay abound in the parish, and much of both was formerly exported to Scotland and Wales. The town now consists of several streets, though seventy years ago not a single house had been erected. There are two shipwrights' yards, a ropewalk, and vitriol and copperas manufactories. The Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists have each a place of worship. A school-house has been recently erected by subscription, to which the late Mr. Curwen was the principal contributor, for teaching children on the Lancasterian plan. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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