Old Cumbria Gazetteer - road, Alston to Hexham

included in:-

road, Penrith to Hexham

road, Alston to Hexham

Alston to Hexham

Hexham to Alston

A686

civil parish:-

Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

route

10Km square:-

NY74

10Km square:-

NY75

county:-

Northumberland

locality type:-

route

10Km square:-

NY75 (etc)

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.

BO18NY74.jpg
double line, dotted
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

road map:- Cary 1790 (Nhd/edn 1806)

source data:-

Road map, hand coloured engraving, Northumberland, scale about 17.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 1790, edn 1806.

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CY45.jpg
double line
item:- JandMN : 417
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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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CY47.jpg
"to Newcastle"
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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C38697.jpg
page 697-698 "At Fairshaw T.G. on l. a T.R. to Aldstone Moor."
item:- JandMN : 228.2
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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
"to Newcastle thro Hexham"
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, 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
"Aldstone to Hexham 20"
dotted line; 'Cross Roads'
item:- private collection : 18.21
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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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IG5029.jpg
Itinerary, with gradient diagram, route 29, Hexham to Alston, Northumberland and Cumberland, 1898.
item:- JandMN : 763.3
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evidence:-

old strip map:- CTC 1911 (Roads)

source data:-

Page 91 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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CTC291.jpg
Strip road map, route 42, Haydon Bridge Alston Melmerby, part of Haydon Bridge to Grange-over-Sands, scale roughly 5 miles to 1 inch.
Together with an itinerary and gradient diagram.
item:- JandMN : 491.91
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places:-

Alston
Hexham, Northumberland

places:-

NY71644757 Gate House (Alston Moor) L

NY73624990 milestone, Alston Moor (14) (Alston Moor) L

NY72794908 milestone, Alston Moor (15) (Alston Moor) L

NY71604807 milestone, Alston Moor (25) (Alston Moor) L

NY72534899 Clargill Turn Pike (Alston Moor)

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