Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Carlisle Canal
	other name:-	Carlisle Navigation Canal
	other name:-	Solway Canal
	parish	Bowness parish, once in Cumberland
	parish	Burgh by Sands parish, once in Cumberland
	parish	Beaumont parish, once in Cumberland
	parish	Carlisle city, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		canal
	coordinates:-	NY241622, NY391561
	10Km square:-	NY26
	10Km square:-	NY25
	10Km square:-	NY35
	1Km square	NY2462
		Carlisle Canal -- Bowness and Burgh by Sands etc -- Cumbria / -- The sea lock end of the canal, at Port Carlisle. -- 5.5.2006
		Carlisle Canal -- Bowness and Burgh by Sands etc -- Cumbria / -- The sea lock end of the canal, at Port Carlisle. -- 5.5.2006
	old map:-	Ford 1839 map
		Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839.
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
		Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52.
		Page 107:-
		... from the canal basin [Carlisle], a swift fly-boat conveys passengers to Bowness on the Solway, whence they can be comfortably and safely conveyed to Liverpool either by the Royal Victoria or Newcastle steam-packets, in a single tide.
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	references	Ramshaw, David: 1997: Carlisle Navigation Canal, The: P3 Publications (Carlisle, Cumbria):: ISBN 0 9522098 5 3
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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