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| road, Hawkshead to Newby Bridge | ||
| Hawkshead to Newby Bridge | ||
| Newby Bridge to Hawkshead | ||
| locality:- | Hawkshead | |
| civil parish:- | Hawkshead (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | route | |
| locality:- | Newby Bridge | |
| civil parish:- | Staveley-in-Cartmel (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | route | |
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| route parts:- |  Hawkshead to Kendal, to Far Sawrey Far Sawrey to Newby Bridge |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93. goto sourcePage 151:- "..." "Now leaving Hawkshead, we will proceed upon an agreeable ride, on very good road, towards Grathwaite, at the distance of about five miles. This is as pretty a journey as any I know, exhibiting woods, water, and lawn, dispersed by nature in the most beautiful order; the cottages remarkably well built, and commonly standing under a clump of wood, sometimes in full view, at other times hid, and again half seen. ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806 |
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| source data:- | Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10
miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert
H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834. click to enlargeLw18.jpg bold line; 'Principal Travelling Roads' item:- private collection : 18.18 Image © see bottom of page |
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