Millom
Millom is a community and also civil parish on the north coast of the estuary of the River Duddon around 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Barrow-in-Furness (nonetheless by road by means of the estuary the range is 23 miles (37.0 kilometres)) and 26 miles (41.8 km) south of Whitehaven in southwest Cumbria, England. Millom was constructed as a new town, starting in 1866 as well as subsumed the town of Holborn Hill. Constructed around ironworks, the community expanded to a size of over 10,000 people by the 1960s, but has had a hard time because the jobs were enclosed 1968. Culturally, Millom is significant as the native home of poet Norman Nicholson, and as a significant centre of amateur rugby league. The name is Cumbrian language for "At the mills". The town comes both by rail as well as by an A course road. Historically in Cumberland, the parish had a population of 7,829 in 2011 and is split into 4 wards, Holborn Hill, Newtown North, Newtown South and Haverigg. Millom's economic climate is currently primarily based around retail, services and tourist. It is a fairly reduced wage area, with a great deal of people utilized in proficient trades such as structure, paint and designing. Many likewise work in the service sector in hotels, bars and stores within the close-by Lake District national park. Greater wage centres are Barrow-in-Furness to the south as well as Sellafield to the north-west with commuting each means when driving or by means of the train. There is also some commuting as for Kendal.
