a seaport and market-town of England, county of Cumberland, is situated near the mouth of the Ellen, 29 miles S.W. of Carlisle. The town is neat and well built, and has entirely risen within the last century. The only public buildings of importance are the town-hall, the market-house, and the bridewell, which are elegant edifices. Maryport has a chapel of ease, and places of worship for Presbyterians, Methodists, Independents, Baptists, Quakers, and Roman Catholics. The town has also national and British schools, a mechanics' institution, a reading-room and library, and a savings-bank. The inhabitants are principally employed in ship-building, and the manufacture of sail-cloth, ropes, cordage, and other articles for ships. The trade of the place is very considerable, consisting chiefly in coal, which is conveyed through Maryport from Northumberland and Durham to Scotland and Ireland. In 1855 283,603 tons were shipped here. Coke, lime, and stone are also exported; and the imports consist of cattle, timber, flax, and iron. The harbour is dry at low water. A steamer plies between this town and Liverpool, the Isle of Man, and Dublin, every week in summer, and every fortnight in win- Marysville ter. The town had in 1855, 105 vessels, of 15,987 tons burden; and during that year the number of vessels that entered the harbour was 273, with a tonnage of 39,052; and of those that left, 2654, with a tonnage of 229,658. The market-day is Friday; and fairs are held twice a-year. Pop. of the chapelry (1851), 5698.