Old Cumbria Gazetteer - road, Carlisle to Brampton N

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road, Carlisle to Tynemouth
road, Carlisle to Alston

road, Carlisle to Brampton N

A689

civil parish:-

Carlisle (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Stanwix Rural (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Irthington (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Brampton (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

road route

10Km square:-

NY35

10Km square:-

NY45

10Km square:-

NY56

SummaryText:-

via Crosby, Northerly route

evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.

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north and south, both double line, dotted

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north and south, both double line, dotted
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
double line, solid or dotted, with a dot or milestone and number at 1 mile intervals, tinted red; turnpike road

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from Scots Gate and over the Eden

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item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
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evidence:-

road map:- Cary 1790 (Cmd/edn 1789)

source data:-

Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 15 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 1790, edn 1789.

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double line, with road distances from Carlisle
item:- JandMN : 419
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evidence:-

road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)

source data:-

Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.

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page 267-268 "Cross the River Eden; and on r. a T.R. to Newcastle."

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page 321-322
item:- JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-

road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)

source data:-

Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.

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page 699-700 "NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE to Carlisle, by Hexham (The usual Carriage Road.)"
part of
item:- JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802

source data:-

Map, Cumberland, scale about 15.5 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, bound in Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.

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double line, light dark solid; road
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.

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double line; road
item:- JandMN : 86
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evidence:-

old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd)

source data:-

Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Stree, Soho, London, 1810.

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double line, light bold; 'Turnpike Road'
item:- Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.

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"C to B 9 Ms."
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)

source data:-

Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.

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Page 108:- "... the military way leading to Brampton: this road runs parallel to the Roman Wall, which lies rather more to the north or left hand, along a higher ridge of land. The first village you pass through is Crosby, whose plain unpretending church stands by the way-side. Two miles further, at a cross-road, is a Roman Castrum, planted with fir-trees. Leaving the main road here, ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H

source data:-

Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.

evidence:-

gradient diagram:- Gall and Inglis 1890s-1900s (Roads)

source data:-

Contour Road Book of England, Northern Division, by Harry R G Inglis, published by Gall and Inglis, 25 Paternoster Square, London and Edinburgh, 1898.

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Itinerary, with gradient diagram, route 3, Newcastle to Carlisle, Northumberland and Cumberland, 1898.
item:- JandMN : 763.2
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old map:- Bell 1892

source data:-

Map, colour lithograph, Road Map of Cumberland, by George Joseph Bell, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, printed by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.

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red - disturnpiked 'main road' under section 13 of the Highways Act 1878

Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 38
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evidence:-

old strip map:- CTC 1911 (Roads)

source data:-

Page 88 of Cyclists' Touring Club British Road Book new series vol.6, edited by F B Sandford, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, London etc, 1911.

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Strip road map, route 40, Borcovicus Greenhead Brampton Carlisle, part of Newcastle to Carlisle, scale roughly 5 miles to 1 inch.
Together with an itinerary and gradient diagram.
item:- JandMN : 491.88
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