is a
Town on the estuary of the
River Duddon in
Cumbria ,
England , which, in Victorian Times, was merely a small Hamlet by the name of Holborn Hill.
It was historically located as the most southerly town in the old administrative county of
Cumberland , an was made famous by the discovery of Iron Ore, and the opening of around the
Iron Works and Iron Ore mines inside Millom.
Nowadays most of the population commute to work at either
Barrow-in-Furness or
Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant. With the change of county boundaries in 1974, Cumberland disappeared when it formed the bulk of the new area of Cumbria.
The secondary school and sixth form college, for pupils from 11-19 years old, houses the adult education centre, the only swimming pool in Millom and the newly opened "
Melvyn Bragg Drama Studio". The Millom Palladium is another arts facility in the town, run by the Millom Amateur Operatic Society.
The renowned poet and author
Norman Nicholson spent his entire life in Millom, living in a house in St. Georges Terrace, which is now a Health Food shop with diner facilities, commerated by a legendary 'Blue Plaque' above the door.
On both edges of the town, there are Nature Reserves, with the Hodbarrow RSPB on one side, and the Slag Bank on the other. Millom has been granted the status of a
Fairtrade town, and the fairtrade group have had some successful campaigns visiting Youth Groups and school, and putting displays in the Library.
The Millom Palladium is one development that it is hoped will help give Millom a mini-rennaisance, alongside a new Youth Centre at the Advice Building, and many more new projects such as a restructuring of the
Citizen's Advice Bureau .
Millom Rugby League Club , based here, claim to be the oldest existing
Amateur Rugby League team in the world
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