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toll gate, Penrith
site name:-   road, Penrith to Carlisle
locality:-   Penrith
civil parish:-   Penrith (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   toll gate (site) 
locality type:-   toll house (gone) 
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY50203256
1Km square:-   NY5032
10Km square:-   NY53
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"T.P"
gates across the Carlisle road but not the Wigton road 

evidence:-   old itinerary:- Johnson 1908 (Roads/Cum) 
source data:-   Itinerary, Route 37 in Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, Preston to Glasgow, by Claude Johnson, edited by Lord Montagu, published by The Car Illustrated, 168 Piccadilly, London, 1908.
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item:-  private collection : 268.2
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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.
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item:-  private collection : 17
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