FOR this Nostalgia edition we wanted to take a look at Parton over the years.
Parton is a small village to the North of Whitehaven, that sits on a hill by the sea front.
The village was a former port and mining centre, it now sits on the side of the A595.
Parton Bay was used by the Romans as it was sheltered, they had a fort on the high ground to the North of the present village beneath St Bridget's Church.
The platform of the fort can still be seen today.
In the Elizabethan era merchant vessels were based in the bay and would trade as far away as Chester.
It developed in the early 17th century to cater for Moresby's coal trade.
Nowadays there is no harbour in the village however it does now have a railway running through with trains predominantly going to Barrow and Carlisle.
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