Whitehaven in 50 Buildings
Whitehaven in 50 Buildings Whitehaven was just a fishing village on the Cumbrian coast until the port was developed in by the Lowther family in the 17th century to export coal from the Cumberland…
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Whitehaven in 50 Buildings
Whitehaven was just a fishing village on the Cumbrian coast until the port was developed in by the Lowther family in the 17th century to export coal from the Cumberland coalfield. The wealth brought to the area was demonstrated by a new town, the most complete example of a Georgian planned town in Britain. In the next century it benefitted from the trade in tobacco, sugar and other products with the West Indies to become the second busiest port in the country.
Alongside the Old Fort and Whitehaven Castle which later became the hospital, are historic houses, shops, churches, civic buildings, hotels, public houses and banks as well as reminders of Whitehaven's industrial heritage around the harbour, the colliery and the railway. Built on a grid system, the town has over 170 listed buildings. Although the port has declined in recent years and mining ceased in the area, the harbour has been
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