Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| race course, Whitehaven | ||
| Whitehaven Race Course | ||
| locality:- | Harras | |
| civil parish:- | Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | race course | |
| coordinates:- | NX98911863 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9818 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX91 | |
| references:- | OS County Series |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 67 3) item:- wrestling ring |
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| 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. "Race Course / Stand / Wrestling Ring" on Harras Moor |
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| text:- |
The Whitehaven and West Cumberland National Hunt meeting began 23 April 1878. The
events included: Open Hunter's Flat Race, won by Golden Pippin owned by the Duke of
Hamilton; Border Cup, won by Ancient Mariner owned by Captain Maxwell; Open Hunter's
Chase, won by Ancient Mariner owned by Captain Maxwell; County Cup 'Chase; Consolation
Stakes. |
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| Racing here ended 1890. |
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| Fairfax-Blakeborough 1950 |
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