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toll gate, Keswick
gone
site name:-   road, Keswick to Cockermouth
locality:-   Great Crosthwaite
locality:-   High Hill
civil parish:-   Keswick (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   toll gate (site) 
coordinates:-   NY26152389
1Km square:-   NY2623
10Km square:-   NY22
references:-   Clarke 1787

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 2) 
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"TP"
line across the road 

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.
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D4NY22SE.jpg
"Turnp."
block on road between Great Crosthwaite and Keswick; toll house and toll gate 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Der) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of Derwentwater and its Environs, scale about 13 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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CL152623.jpg
"Turnpike Gate"
line across the road to Cockermouth, and perhaps the toll house 
item:-  private collection : 169
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old directory:- Jollie 1811
placename:-  High Hill Tollgate
source data:-   Guide book, Jollie's Cumberland Guide and Directory, published by Francis Jollie and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1811.
"Birkett Fleming, High-hill toll-gate"

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