HARRINGTON, a small seaport town of Cumberland-shire, 5 miles N. of Whitehaven, of which it is a sub-port. It is of modern date and neatly built. The harbour has 8 feet water; and at the pier-head is a fixed light 44 feet high, seen 11 miles off. Its chief exports are coal and lime. It has a station on the Whitehaven Junction Railway. Pop. of parish (1851) 2169.