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 road, Egremont to Carlisle
road, Egremont to Cockermouth
Egremont to Cockermouth
Cockermouth to Egremont
A5086
civil parish:-   Egremont (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Cleator Moor (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Arlecdon and Frizington (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Lamplugh (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Loweswater (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Dean (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Cockermouth (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   road route
10Km square:-   NY01
10Km square:-   NY02
10Km square:-   NY12
10Km square:-   NY13

evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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Single line, route via Eaglesfield; another single line, route via Arlecdon. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 261) 
source data:-   Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.261, the end of the road from Kendal to Cockermouth and the road from Egremont to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.
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The road from Egremont to Carlisle. Places labelled are:- 
Egremond, The Castle / 1, Clint Hill / 2, Cleater / 3 ... 6 / Winnick on both sides? Lampley Hall on right / 7 .. 8 / 9, Eaglesfield on right / 10, Bridgham on left / 11 .. 13, Cocker Flu on right and a Water Mill / 14, Cockermouth, a Stone Br. over Darwent Flu / ... 
item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.36
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
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double line 
item:-  JandMN : 115
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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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"Egremont to Cockermouth 14"
double line, solid, road distance 
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double line, dotted and solid 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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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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double line, solid 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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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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BO18NY01.jpg
"Egremont to Cockermouth 14"
double line, solid, road distance 
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BO18NY02.jpg
double line, dotted and solid 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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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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double line, solid 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Kitchin 1767 (plate 84) 
source data:-   Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, The Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and The Road from Egremont to Carlisle, in Kitchin's Post Chaise Companion, by Thomas Kitchin, published by Robert Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, John Bowles, Cornhill, and Carington Bowles, St Paul's Church Yard, London, 1767.
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item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA1999.138.84
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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.
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"Road from Egremont"
road out of town, street 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
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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.
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double line, bold light, major road 
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item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   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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green - declared 'main road' by the county council; blue - declared 'main road' by magistrates, as the county authority, since 1878, under section 15 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 111 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 57, Cockermouth Ennerdale Bridge Seascale, scale roughly 5 miles to 1 inch. 
Together with an itinerary and gradient diagram. 
and descriptive text, only, for route 56a, Crummock Water and Whitehaven. 
item:-  JandMN : 491.111
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places:-    Egremont
 Cleator, Cleator Moor
 Frizington
 Cockermouth

places:-  
NY07631992 Lamplugh Cross (Lamplugh)
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