Skinburness
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Skinburness is a village in the Allerdale
district of Cumbria
, it forms a residential area for the town of Silloth
, and is about 10 miles west of Wigton
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Before the harbours at Port Carlisle and Silloth were built, it was an important anchorage for ships and was used as a base by King Edward I during his war against the Scots.
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Allerdale
Allerdale is a non-metropolitan district of Cumbria, England, with borough status. Its council is based in Workington and the borough has a population of 93,492 according to the 2001 census....
district of Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
, it forms a residential area for the town of Silloth
Silloth
Silloth is a port town and civil parish in Cumbria, England. It sits on the shoreline of the Solway Firth, west of Carlisle. It has a population of 2,932....
, and is about 10 miles west of Wigton
Wigton
Wigton is a small market town and civil parish outside the Lake District, in the administrative county of Cumbria in England, and traditionally in Cumberland. It is the bustling and thriving centre of the Solway Plain, situated between the Caldbeck Fells and the Solway coast...
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Before the harbours at Port Carlisle and Silloth were built, it was an important anchorage for ships and was used as a base by King Edward I during his war against the Scots.
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