Old Cumbria Gazetteer - road, Egremont to Whitehaven

included in:-

road, Barrow-in-Furness to Whitehaven

road, Egremont to Whitehaven

Egremont to Whitehaven

Whitehaven to Egremont

A595

civil parish:-

Egremont (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

St Bees (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumberland

locality type:-

route

10Km square:-

NY01

10Km square:-

NX91

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.

MD12NX91.jpg
Single line.
item:- JandMN : 90
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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.

BO18NX91.jpg
double line, solid
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

D4NX91NE.jpg

D4NX91SE.jpg
"E. to W. 5:6:20"
miles.furlongs.poles; Egremont to Whitehaven

D4NY01SW.jpg
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Images © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)

source data:-

D49717T.jpg
"To Egremont"
road out of town
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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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CY47.jpg
double line
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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C38319.jpg
page 319-320 "[LONDON to Whitehaven.] Another Road across Lancaster Sands."
part of
item:- JandMN : 228.1
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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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GRA1Cd.jpg
double line, light dark solid; road
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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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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Lw18.jpg
bold line; 'Principal Travelling Roads'
item:- private collection : 18.18
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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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COP3.jpg
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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WL13.jpg
double line, light bold; 'Turnpike Road'
item:- Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Sidney Hall, published by S Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.

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HA14.jpg
single line, solid; minor road; Egremont, Whitehaven
item:- JandMN : 91
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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.

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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IG5171.jpg
Itinerary, with gradient diagram, routes 171, Whitehaven to Silloth, 172, Whitehaven to Ravenglass, 173, Keswick to Workington, and 174, Keswick to Wigton, Cumberland, 1898.
item:- JandMN : 763.12
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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.

BEL9NX91.jpg

BEL9NY01.jpg
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
Images © Carlisle Library

places:-

Egremont
Whitehaven

places:-

NY00411281 milestone, Egremont (Egremont) L

NX99661414 milestone, Egremont (2) (Egremont)

NY00101307 milestone, Egremont (3) (Egremont)

NY00861130 milestone, Egremont (4) (Egremont)

NX98851547 milestone, St Bees (St Bees)

NX98501694 milestone, Whitehaven (4) (Whitehaven)

NY00781153 toll gate, Egremont (Egremont) L

NY01271034 toll gate, Egremont (2) (Egremont) L

NX98301718 Scragill Turnpike (Whitehaven)

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