'''Whitehaven''' is a port on the Irish Sea coast of [[Cumbria]], in north-west [[England]]. It was founded in the late seventeenth century by the Lowther family to export coal from their mines, and was laid out in a strict geometric grid.
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'''Whitehaven''' is a port on the Irish Sea coast of [[Cumberland]], in the far north-west of [[England]]. It was founded in the late seventeenth century by the Lowther family to export coal from their mines, and was laid out in a strict geometric grid.