What is Maryport?
'''Maryport''' is a town on the A596 road in [[Allerdale]], [[Cumbria]], England. In 2001 there were 11,275 people living in Maryport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=792972&c=Maryport&d=16&e=15&g=431522&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1308382188176&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779|title=Area: Maryport CP (Parish)|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=2011-06-18|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304232714/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=792972&c=Maryport&d=16&e=15&g=431522&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1308382188176&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Romans built the fort Uxellodunum in Alauna (which is now called Maryport) around the year 122, to help defend the western end of [[Hadrian's Wall]].{{fact|date=September 2012}} == References == <references/> {{UK-stub}} [[Category:Towns in Cumbria]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Cumbria]] [[Category:Allerdale]]