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| road, Carlisle to Edinburgh | ||
| Carlisle to Edinburgh | ||
| Edinburgh to Carlisle | ||
| locality:- | Carlisle | |
| civil parish:- | Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | route | |
| locality:- | Edinburgh | |
| country:- | Scotland | |
| locality type:- | route | |
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| route parts:- |  Carlisle to Longtown Longtown to Edinburgh |
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| evidence:- | probably old text:- Gents Mag |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto sourceGentleman's Magazine 1752 p.90 The Historical Chronicle for February 1752, Saturday 22:- "..." "3000 l. are granted by parliament for making a road to Carlisle, and into Scotland." |
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| evidence:- | old strip map:- Smith 1826 (Roads/Cum) |
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| source data:- | Strip map, pp.100-102, including To Edinburgh by Carlisle and Longtown, published
by Charles Smith and Son, 172 Strand, London, 1st edn 1826. click to enlargeSM22M6.jpg From Rey Cross; through Brough and Appleby, Westmorland; then Penrith, Carlisle, Longtown, Cumberland; into Scotland; and other routes. Included in Smith's Pocket New Companion to the Roads of England and Wales. printed at p.90:- "TO EDINBURGH / by Carlisle and / LONGTOWN" item:- private collection : 269.6 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bell 1892 |
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| 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. BEL9NY35.jpg  BEL9NY36.jpg  BEL9NY37.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 |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Harper 1907 |
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| source data:- | Guidebook, The Manchester and Glasgow Road, by Charles G Harper,
published by Chapman and Hall Ltd, London, 1907. HP01p148.txt Page 148:- "... The chief coaching-business was ruined thus early [1840s], but the branch coaches yet remained, and the last coach - that to Edinburgh by Hawick - did not leave Carlisle on its final journey until August 31st, 1862. ..." |
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