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 road, Carlisle to Silloth from Abbey Town 
road, Wigton to Silloth
Wigton to Silloth
Silloth to Wigton
B5302
civil parish:-   Wigton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Woodside (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Waverton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Dundraw (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Holme Abbey (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Holme Low (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Silloth-on-Solway (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   route
10Km square:-   NY24
10Km square:-   NY14
10Km square:-   NY15

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.
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double line, dotted 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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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 
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"A to W. 6:0:0"
miles.furlongs.poles; Abbey Holm to Wigton 
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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as far as Abbey Town 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.
image CY38p321, button  goto source
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page 321-322 
part of 
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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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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double line, light dark solid; road AND double line, light dark dotted; unfenced 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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bold line; 'Principal Travelling Roads' 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   partly 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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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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single line, solid; minor road; Wigton, Holme Coultram, ... 
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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Itinerary, with gradient diagram, routes 166, Longtown to Brampton, 167, Wigton to Silloth, 168, Keswick to Cockermouth, 169, Troutbeck to Patterdale, and 170, Penrith to Troutbeck, Cumberland, 1898. 
item:-  JandMN : 763.11
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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.
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blue - declared 'main road' by magistrates, as the county authority, since 1878, under section 15 of the Highways Act 1878 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
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evidence:-   old strip map:- CTC 1911 (Roads) 
source data:-   Page 105 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 51, Abbey Town Wigton Rosley Penrith, scale roughly 5 miles to 1 inch. 
Together with an itinerary and gradient diagram. 
item:-  JandMN : 491.105
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 Act of Parliament

places:-    Wigton
 Waverbridge, Dundraw
 Abbey Town, Holme Abbey
 Silloth

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