Old Cumbria Gazetteer - road, Kendal to Windermere

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road, Kendal to Cockermouth

road, Kendal to Windermere

Kendal to Windermere

Windermere to Kendal

A591

civil parish:-

Kendal (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Strickland Ketel (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Nether Staveley (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Over Staveley (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Hugill (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Windermere (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

road route

10Km square:-

SD59

10Km square:-

SD49

evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611
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source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.

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road N from Stricklandgate
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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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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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 260)

source data:-

Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.260, The Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.

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The Road from Kendal to Cockermouth - from Kendal on past Keswick, Cumberland. Places labelled are:-
Kendal, a Com~on, The Castle, Lunt Flu / 1 ... 2 / Barnside on right / 3 ... 5 / Stanley / 6, Caston / Chappel on ye Inges on right / 7 / Grass Gate on right?, Broad Gate on left? / 8 / Winandermere / ...
item:- private collection : 1.260
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 259)

source data:-

Road book, Britannia Depicta Or Ogilby Improv'd, including road strip maps with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, derived from maps by Ogilby, 1675, also a county map of Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, and of Cumberland, scale about 16.5 miles to 1 inch, each with text, by John Owen, published by Emanuel Bowen, London, 1720; published 1720-64.
Plate 259 has the title cartouche for:- "The Roads from KENDAL to COCKERMOUTH, &c. Containing 32 Comp. and 43'7 measd. Miles &c."
and a table of distances, computed and measured miles in miles'furlongs, which includes, from Kendal:- "Stanley 4 / 5'3"
"..."

evidence:-

old map:- Badeslade 1742
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source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 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:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
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evidence:-

old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.

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Double line.
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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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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"Kendal to Ambleside 13 4"
double line, solid and dotted

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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:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.

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double line; road, bold, main road, with mile numbers
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

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double line, bold light, numbered miles; main road
item:- JandMN : 129
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evidence:-

road map:- Cary 1790 (Wmd/edn 1792)

source data:-

Road map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 11.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 1790, edn 1792.

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no Windermere shown double line, with road distances from Kendal
item:- JandMN : 44
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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 "At Kendal ... on l. [T.Rs.] to Milthorpe, Ulverston, Winander Mere, and Ambleside."

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page 317-318 "LONDON to Cockermouth and Workington"
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page 317-318 "Near 2 Miles beyond Kendal, on l. a T.R. to Winander Mere"
item:- JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Baker 1802

source data:-

Perspective road map with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland, and Cumberland, by J Baker, London 1802.
pp.25-26:- "... After passing a short way from Kendal, the views of the country become extremely interesting. Near the eye some of it is waste, partly spotted, and patched, with short wood, and it is partially cultivated, whilst massive protuberances or fractured partitions of the native stratum of grey-coloured stone bursts to appearance through the soil in every direction. At some part of the way, the distance is disagreeably w[i]ld, at others placid, romantic, and picturesque. Sometimes there appears over the whole the vast Stavely and Coitmoor fells towering among the clouds in indescribable sublimity. ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Cooke 1802

source data:-

Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.

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though no Windermere, double line, light dark solid; road
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
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evidence:-

old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806

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.

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bold line; 'Principal Travelling Roads'
item:- private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-

old map:- Wallis 1810 (Wmd)

source data:-

Road map, Westmoreland, scale about 19 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Street, Soho, 1810, published by W Lewis, Finch Lane, London, 1835?

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double line, light bold; 'Turnpike Road'
item:- JandMN : 63
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evidence:-

old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.

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single line, solid; minor road; to Applethwaite; Kendal, Stavely, Weston Hall - Reston Hall, Applethwaite
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
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evidence:-

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 22:- "..."
"The road leaves Kendal by a steep ascent, having the workhouse and prison on either hand. The views northward, in the direction of Shap and Orton, are pretty, not unlike the vale of Derbyshire: southward, there is an opening through the marble jaws of Underbarrow, showing the varied"

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Page 23:- "but pleasing localities of the country. Five miles from Kendal is Stavely, ..."

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Page 160:- "..."
"VII. KENDAL TO AMBLESIDE.- 13½M."


Miles.	KENDAL TO	Miles.

5	Staveley	5
1½	Ings Chapel	6½
2	Orest Head	8½
1½	Troutbeck Bridge	10
2	Low Wood Inn	12
1½	Ambleside	13½

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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"A to K 13½Ms."
Distance Kendal to Ambleside; the old road ignores Windermere, which didn't much exist.
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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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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evidence:-

old text:- Martineau 1855

source data:-

Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76.

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Page 5:- "... When the traveller foot or horseback sees certain reaches of Lake Windermere from Orrest Head, lying deep down below him, he knows he is coming near the end of the railway, ... The old coach road over Orrest Head and the railway meet at the new village of Windermere, whence the road to Bowness descends, ..."

evidence:-

old map:- Prior 1874 map 1

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.

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"To Kendal"
double line; road
item:- private collection : 133.1
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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 185, Kendal to Barrow, and route 187, Kendal to Keswick, Westmorland and Lancashire, 1898.
item:- JandMN : 763.18
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evidence:-

old strip map:- CTC 1911 (Roads)

source data:-

Page 57 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 21, Keswick Ambleside Windermere, and Kendal, part of Silloth to Kendal, scale roughly 5 miles to 1 inch.
Together with an itinerary and gradient diagram.
item:- JandMN : 491.57
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evidence:-

old map:- Burrow 1920s

source data:-

Road book, On the Road, Dunlop Pictorial Road Plans, volume V, strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.

evidence:-

old text:- Burrow 1920s
placename:-

source data:-

Road book, strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, irregular scales about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.
"... The western route, on leaving Kendal, heads straight for Windermere, climbing up a steep hill to an old toll-gate, passing through Staveley and then descending to Windermere town, which has grown up as a modern holiday centre on the very shore of the beautiful lake of the same name, the largest of the group. ..."

Act of Parliament

evidence:-

old strip map:- Rumney 1899

source data:-

Road map, strip map, gradient diagram, and itinerary for Route I, Kendal to Keswick, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by A W Rumney, published by George Philip and Son, 32 Fleet Street, London, and Liverpool, 1899.

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On p.14 of the Cyclist's Guide to the English Lake District, by A W Rumney.
printed at top:- "Route I."
item:- JandMN : 147.4
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hearsay:-

A survey made for the promoters of the Kendal and Windermere branch railway gave figures for travellers from Kendal to Bowness or Ambleside, November 1843 to November 1844 - 5934 on horse or by post chaise; 3375 in private carriages; 3755 by the Whitehaven Mail or Mazeppa stage coaches. This does include carts.

places:-

Kendal
Staveley, Over Staveley
Windermere

places:-

SD43509882 milestone, Hugill (Hugill)

SD45039867 milestone, Hugill (2) (Hugill) gone

SD50519390 milestone, Kendal (Kendal)

SD48639627 milestone, Strickland Ketel (3) (Strickland Ketel) L gone

SD49629513 milestone, Strickland Ketel (4) (Strickland Ketel) L

SD43099977 Mislet Brow (Windermere)

SD47229800 toll gate, Nether Staveley (Nether Staveley) gone

SD49769460 Plumgarths Toll Gate (Strickland Ketel) gone

SD47679751 milestone, Over Staveley (2) (Over Staveley) gone

SD46549831 milestone, Over Staveley (Over Staveley) gone

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