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  road, Barrow-in-Furness to Whitehaven
road, Ravenglass to Egremont
Ravenglass to Egremont
Egremont to Ravenglass
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civil parish:-   Muncaster (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Drigg and Carleton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Irton with Santon (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Gosforth (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Ponsonby (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   St Bridget Beckermet (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   St John Beckermet (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Egremont (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   road route
10Km square:-   NY01
10Km square:-   NY00
10Km square:-   SD09
evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
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Gentleman's Magazine 1750 p.186 
The Historical Chronicle for April 1750, Wednesday 11 has the royal assent given to bills for:-  "..."
"For repairing and widening the roads leading from Egremont to Duddon bridge, Santon bridge, and Salt-house, in the county of Cumberland."
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, dotted 
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double line, solid? 
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double line. solid 
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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, narrower, solid or dotted with a dot and number at 1 mile intervals; road 
distances from Whitehaven 
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item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
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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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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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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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double line, light dark solid; road AND double line, light dark dotted; unfenced 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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light line; 'Other Direct Roads from LONDON' 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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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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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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single line, solid; minor road; Ravenglass, Muncaster, Carlton, Gosforth, Egremont 
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.
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"E to R 13 Ms."
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item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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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, 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.
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blue - declared 'main road' by magistrates, as the county authority, since 1878, under section 15 of the Highways Act 1878; green - declared 'main road' by the county council; and minor roads 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
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evidence:-   old strip map:- Rumney 1899
source data:-   Road map, strip map, gradient diagram, and itinerary for Route XX, The Main West Trunk Road, 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.84 of the Cyclist's Guide to the English Lake District, by A W Rumney. 
printed at top:-  "Route XX."
item:-  JandMN : 147.33
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evidence:-   old strip map:- Rumney 1899
source data:-   Road map, strip map, gradient diagram, and itinerary for Route XVIII, Seascale to Ennerdale, 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.76 of the Cyclist's Guide to the English Lake District, by A W Rumney. 
printed at top:-  "Route XVIII."
item:-  JandMN : 147.29
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 Act of Parliament
places:-    Ravenglass
 Holmrook Hall, Irton with Santon
 Gosforth
 Calder Bridge
 Egremont
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