Old Cumbria Gazetteer - road, Kirkby Lonsdale to Sedbergh

included in:-

road, Lancaster to Kirkby Stephen

road, Kirkby Lonsdale to Sedbergh

Kirkby Lonsdale to Sedbergh

Sedbergh to Kirkby Lonsdale

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civil parish:-

Kirkby Lonsdale (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Casterton (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Barbon (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Middleton (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Sedbergh (formerly Yorkshire)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

road route

10Km square:-

SD67

10Km square:-

SD68

10Km square:-

SD69

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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"F. S to K. 11.2"
From Sedbergh to Kirkby Lonsdale 11 miles 2 furlongs

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double line; road, bold, main road
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

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double line, bold light, numbered miles; main road
item:- JandMN : 129
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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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double line, with road distances from Kirkby Lonsdale
item:- JandMN : 44
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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 315-316 "1½Miles beyond Lincoln's Inn Bridge, on r. a T.R. to Kirkby Lonsdale."

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page 333-334 "Near Kirkby Lonsdale, on l. a T.R. to Lancaster; a little further on r. to Sedbergh."
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."
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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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double line, light dark solid; road
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
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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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item:- private collection : 18.18
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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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light line; 'Other Direct Roads from LONDON'
item:- private collection : 18.21
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evidence:-

old map:- Cooper 1808

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.

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double line; road
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-

old map:- Wallis 1810 (Wmd)

source data:-

Road map, Westmoreland, scale about 19 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Street, Soho, 1810, published by W Lewis, Finch Lane, London, 1835?

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double line, light bold; 'Turnpike Road'
item:- JandMN : 63
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evidence:-

old itinerary:- Johnson 1908 (Roads/Cum)

source data:-

Itinerary, Route 40 in Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, Doncaster to Glasgow, through Hawes, by Claude Johnson, edited by Lord Montagu, published by The Car Illustrated, 168 Piccadilly, London, 1908.

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pp.66-74 in the road book, Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, vol.3.
printed at beginning, p.66:- "ROUTE 40. / DONCASTER via Boroughbridge (43½), Ripon (59½), Masham (69½), Middleham (79¼), Aysgarth (88¾), Hawes Junction (103), Sedbergh (113¼), Kirkby Lonsdale (124), Kendal (136), Carlisle (180½) to GLASGOW (275½)."

evidence:-

old itinerary:- Johnson 1908 (Roads/Cum)

source data:-

Itinerary, Route 40 reverse in Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, Glasgow to Doncaster, through Hawes, by Claude Johnson, edited by Lord Montagu, published by The Car Illustrated, 168 Piccadilly, London, 1908.

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pp.75-80 in the road book, Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, vol.3.
printed at beginning, p.75:- "ROUTE 40. Reverse. / GLASGOW via Carlisle (95), Kendal (139½), Kirkby Lonsdale (151½), Sedbergh (162¼), Hawes Junction (172½), Aysgarth (186¾), Middleham (196¼), Masham (206), Ripon (216), Boroughbridge (232) to DONCASTER (275½)."
item:- private collection : 268.9
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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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evidence:-

old map:- OS County series (Yrk 63)

source data:-

"SEDBERGH TRUST"
labelled at SD626902, and at SD640913

places:-

Kirkby Lonsdale
Casterton
Barbon
Middleton
Sedbergh

places:-