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Ulverston Channel
civil parish:-   Aldingham (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Lower Holker (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
locality type:-   channel
1Km square:-   SD3172 (etc) 
10Km square:-   SD37

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 16 8) 
placename:-  Ulverston Channel
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
OS County Series (Lan 16 12) 

evidence:-   old text:- Admiralty 1933
placename:-  Ulverston Channel
item:-  Bardsea BankCartmel WharfFurness BankMort BankMort Flat
source data:-   image AY01p375, button  goto source
Page 375:-  "..."
"Ulverston channel. - Ulverston channel is a tortuous and shifting channel, formed by the outfall of the River Leven, passing westward of Bardsea bank, Cartmel Wharf, and Furness bank, and eastward of Mort bank and flat, which extends off the northern shore of Morecambe bay."

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