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toll gate, Westnewton
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locality:-   Westnewton
civil parish:-   Westnewton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   toll gate (site) 
coordinates:-   NY13714444
1Km square:-   NY1344
10Km square:-   NY14

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 36 1) 
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.
"T.P."
two gates - across the Workington Wigton road; and across the side road towards Hayton Brow. 

evidence:-   directory:- Bulmer 1883 (Cmd) 
placename:-  West Newton Gate
source data:-   toll collector, Hodgson, William at West Newton Gate, West Newton 

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