The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Workington

Cumberland (County [UK]), England


View Larger MapDescription of institution: a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. The town was historically in Cumberland. The Cumbria iron-ore field lies to the south of Workington, and produced extremely high grade phosphorus-free haematite. URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workington