Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| toll gate, Clifton | ||
| locality:- | Clifton | |
| civil parish:- | Clifton (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | toll gate (site) | |
| coordinates:- | NY53432661 (roughly) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5326 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY52 | |
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| evidence:- | road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) |
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| source data:- | Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181
Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802. goto source click to enlargeC38267.jpg page 267-268 "Clifton - T.G." item:- JandMN : 228.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
A turnpike act, 1753, set up a turnpike from Shap to Eamont Bridge, with a toll gate
in Clifton. |
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