Whitehaven was just a fishing village on the Cumbrian coast until the port was developed by the Lowther family in the seventeenth century to export coal from the Cumberland coalfield. 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. The wealth brought to the area was demonstrated by a new town, the most complete example of a Georgian planned...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1445699222
ISBN13:9781445699226
Release Date:May 2021
Publisher:Amberley Publishing
Length:96 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.3" x 9.0"
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