Millom
Millom is a town as well as civil parish on the north shore of the tidewater of the River Duddon around 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Barrow-in-Furness (however by road using the estuary the distance is 23 miles (37.0 kilometres)) and also 26 miles (41.8 kilometres) south of Whitehaven in southwest Cumbria, England. Millom was constructed as a brand-new community, starting in 1866 as well as subsumed the village of Holborn Hill. Developed around ironworks, the community expanded to a size of over 10,000 people by the 1960s, but has battled given that the jobs were closed in 1968. Culturally, Millom is remarkable as the birth place of poet Norman Nicholson, and as a major centre of amateur rugby league. The name is Cumbrian language for "At the mills". The town is accessible both by rail as well as by an A class roadway. Historically in Cumberland, the church had a population of 7,829 in 2011 and also is divided into four wards, Holborn Hill, Newtown North, Newtown South and also Haverigg. Millom's economy is currently generally based around retail, services and also tourist. It is a reasonably low wage location, with a great deal of individuals employed in experienced trades such as building, paint and also designing. Numerous additionally operate in the service market in resorts, clubs and stores within the close-by Lake District national park. Greater wage centres are Barrow-in-Furness to the south and Sellafield to the north-west with travelling each way on the road or through the railway. There is also some travelling as for Kendal.
