Old Cumbria Gazetteer - road, Alston to Barnard Castle

road, Alston to Barnard Castle

Alston to Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle to Alston

B6277

civil parish:-

Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

route

10Km square:-

NY74

10Km square:-

NY73

county:-

Durham

locality type:-

route

10Km square:-

NY73

10Km square:-

NY83 (etc)

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.

D4NY73SE.jpg
"From Bernard Castle"
road at county boundary
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

probably road map:- Cary 1790 (Dhm/edn 1824)

source data:-

Road map, hand coloured engraving, Durham, scale about 11.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, 181 Strand, 1790, edn published by G and J Cary, 86 St James's Street, London, 1824.

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CY44.jpg
double line
item:- JandMN : 416
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evidence:-

old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806

source data:-

Road map, Continuation of the Roads to Glasgow and Edinburgh, 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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Lw21.jpg
bold line; 'Principal Travelling Roads'
item:- private collection : 18.21
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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
"to Newcastle"
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; Aldstone, Nentsbury, ...
item:- JandMN : 91
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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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IG5043.jpg
Itinerary, with gradient diagram, route 43, Barnard Castle to Alston, Cumberland and Durham, 1898.
item:- JandMN : 763.5
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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.

BEL9NY74.jpg

BEL9NY73.jpg
red - disturnpiked 'main road' under section 13 of the Highways Act 1878

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

evidence:-

old itinerary:- Johnson 1908 (Roads/Cum)

source data:-

Itinerary, Route 43 in Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, Doncaster to Glasgow, through Alston, by Claude Johnson, edited by Lord Montagu, published by The Car Illustrated, 168 Piccadilly, London, 1908.

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JS5095.jpg
pp.93-97 in the road book, Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, vol.3.
printed at beginning, p.93:- "ROUTE 43. / DONCASTER via Boroughbridge (43½), Scotch Corner (72½), Barnard Castle (85½), Middleton-in-Teesdale (96½), Alston (118½), Longtown (148½), Gretna (155¼), to GLASGOW (240½)."

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JS5096.jpg
item:- private collection : 268.14
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evidence:-

old itinerary:- Johnson 1908 (Roads/Cum)

source data:-

Itinerary, Route 43 reverse in Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, Glasgow to Doncaster, through Alston, by Claude Johnson, edited by Lord Montagu, published by The Car Illustrated, 168 Piccadilly, London, 1908.

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JS5102.jpg
pp.98-106 in the road book, Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, vol.3.
printed at beginning, p.98:- "ROUTE 43. Reverse. / GLASGOW via Gretna (85¼), Longtown (92), Alston (122), Middleton-in-Teesdale (144), Barnard Castle (155), Scotch Corner (168), Boroughbridge (197) to DONCASTER 240½)."
item:- private collection : 268.15
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evidence:-

old strip map:- CTC 1911 (Roads)

source data:-

Page 84 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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CTC284.jpg
Strip road map, route 38, Alston High Force, Middleton Cotherstone, part of Longtown to Catterick Bridge, scale roughly 5 miles to 1 inch.
Together with an itinerary and gradient diagram.
item:- JandMN : 491.84
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evidence:-

old strip map:- Geographia 1925

source data:-

Road book, with road strip maps and gradient diagrams, Premier Road Book of Great Britain, by Alexander Gross and F Waite-Browne, published by Geographia, 55 Fleet Street, London, about 1925?