Old Cumbria Gazetteer - road, Workington to Maryport

included in:-

road, Carlisle to Workington

road, Workington to Maryport

Workington to Maryport

Maryport to Workington

A596

civil parish:-

Workington (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Seaton (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Maryport (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

route

10Km square:-

NX92

10Km square:-

NX93

10Km square:-

NY03

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

D4NY03NW.jpg

D4NY03SW.jpg
"W. to M. 6:3:0"
miles.furlongs.poles; Workington to Maryport

D4NY02NW.jpg
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Images © 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:-

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:- 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; Workington, Flimby, Maryport
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.

FD02NY03.jpg
"W to M 7 Ms."
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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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.

BEL9NY03.jpg

BEL9NY02.jpg
orange - disturnpiked 'main road' under section 13 of the Highways Act 1878 since 1 September 1883

Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 38
Images © Carlisle Library