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Parton, Cumbria history
Beginnings
Romans had a fort on the north of the present village, beneath St Bridget’s Church. Later, the bay was used by the inhabitants of Low Moresby, the hamlet which grew up to the east of the old fort in the Middle Ages. In Elizabethan times a number of small merchant vessels were based in the bay, trading as far as Chester. The port was developed in the early 17th century to cater for the coal trade, but fell into decline after two generations of the Lowthers turned the port into a major port.
18th century prosperity
Parton Bay is not as well sheltered as Whitehaven, and within about 15 years, Lamplugh was unable to afford maintenance costs. New industries developed, most notably a brewery, but everything was nearly wrecked in 1795, when a storm destroyed the harbour breakwaters. In 1817, the large tannery at the south end of the village was bought for development as a colliery.
19th century onward
Parton became a dormitory town for collieries around Lowca and Whitehaven. In 1840 the Lowca engineering works of Tulk and Ley made the first locomotive for the new Maryport and Carlisle Railway.
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