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On 2 June 2010 the area became the centre of a search after a [[Cumbria shootings|gunman]] ran amok in Cumbria. The gunman was identified as 52-year-old Whitehaven taxi driver Derrick Bird. He is known to have killed 12 people, and injured around 25 others before taking his own life (in Eskdale). Two of the victims were shot dead in Seascale; two others in the surroundings of the neighbouring village of Gosforth, along with another victim who was seriously wounded.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10222161.stm</ref> |
On 2 June 2010 the area became the centre of a search after a [[Cumbria shootings|gunman]] ran amok in Cumbria. The gunman was identified as 52-year-old Whitehaven taxi driver Derrick Bird. He is known to have killed 12 people, and injured around 25 others before taking his own life (in Eskdale). Two of the victims were shot dead in Seascale; two others in the surroundings of the neighbouring village of Gosforth, along with another victim who was seriously wounded.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10222161.stm</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:36, 2 December 2010
| Seascale | |
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 Seascale | |
| Population | 1,747 (2001) |
| OS grid reference | NX0301 |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SEASCALE |
| Postcode district | CA20 |
| Dialling code | 019467 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Seascale is a beach-resort, village and civil parish in the Borough of Copeland in Cumbria, England. It has a population of 1,747.[1] The place-name indicates that it was inhabited by Norse settlers, probably before 1000 AD, but the community remained insignificant until the development of a railway line along the coast from Whitehaven to Barrow in Furness in Victorian times, following which, in the 1850s, it was developed as a seaside resort. It was further developed from the 1940s onward as a dormitory community for the nearby Windscale and Calder Hall nuclear sites (later combined as Sellafield). As a result, in the 1950s it was known as "the brainiest town in Britain".[2]
The village is close to the A595 and is served by Seascale railway station on what is now called the Cumbrian Coast Line.
Shootings
On 2 June 2010 the area became the centre of a search after a gunman ran amok in Cumbria. The gunman was identified as 52-year-old Whitehaven taxi driver Derrick Bird. He is known to have killed 12 people, and injured around 25 others before taking his own life (in Eskdale). Two of the victims were shot dead in Seascale; two others in the surroundings of the neighbouring village of Gosforth, along with another victim who was seriously wounded.[3]
People
Stu rigg
References
External links
- Seascale at visitcumbria.com
- Reminiscences of an atom kid from The Guardian newspaper
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