Whitehaven
an important mining center and seaport of Cumberland, England; on a level inlet between precipitous cliffs; 38 miles S. W. of Carlisle, and 10 miles from Workington. The town contains numerous churches belonging to tains numerous churches belonging to the various Protestant denominations, ware, soap, etc., but the prosperity of the town is chiefly due to the immense several schools, a mechanics institute, a library, public baths, etc. There are in its vicinity, some of which are works and shipbuilding yards. Pop. the sea. seams of coal and of hæmatite iron ore about 20,000. wrought a distance of two miles under There are also large rope lish poet; born in Cambridge, England, in 1715. He was educated at Winchester and Cambridge, was secretary and register of the Order of the Bath, and