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 road, Lancaster to Kirkby Stephen
road, Lancaster to Kirkby Lonsdale
Lancaster to Kirkby Lonsdale
Kirkby Lonsdale to Lancaster
A683
civil parish:-   Kirkby Lonsdale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   road route
county:-   Lancashire

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 20) 
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.
"SEDBERGH TRUST"
along road 

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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"From Lancaster"
double line; road, bold, main road 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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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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"to Lancaster"
double line 
item:-  JandMN : 44
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evidence:-   road map:- Cary 1790 (Lan/edn 1792) 
source data:-   Road map, hand coloured engraving, Lancashire, scale about 18 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 1790, edn 1792.
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two routes double line, with road distances from Lancaster 
item:-  JandMN : 418
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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 333-334  "Near Kirkby Lonsdale, on l. a T.R. to Lancaster ..."
part of London to Kendal through Halifax 
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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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 659-660  "LANCASTER to Sedbergh."
part of 
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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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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"to Lancaster"
double line, light dark solid; road 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
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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 154:-  "II. LANCASTER TO KENDAL, BY KIRKBY-LONSDALE.- 30 MILES."
Miles. LANCASTER TO Miles.
5 Caton 5
2 Claughton 7
2 Hornby 9
2 Melling 11
2 Tunstall 13
2 Burrow 15
2 Kirkby-Lonsdale 17
13 Kendal 30

evidence:-   old strip map:- CTC 1911 (Roads) 
source data:-   Page 102 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 48, Sedbergh Casterton Hornby Lancaster, scale roughly 5 miles to 1 inch. 
Together with an itinerary and gradient diagram. 
item:-  JandMN : 491.102
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places:-    Lancaster, Lancashire
 Claughton, Lancashire
 Hornby, Lancashire
 Melling, Lancashire
 Tunstall, Lancashire
 Nether Burrow, Lancashire
 Kirkby Lonsdale

places:-  
SD61267834 toll gate, Kirkby Lonsdale (Kirkby Lonsdale) suggestedgone
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