Old Cumbria Gazetteer - road, Carlisle to Longtown

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road, Carlisle to Edinburgh

road, Carlisle to Longtown

Carlisle to Longtown

Longtown to Carlisle

civil parish:-

Carlisle (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Rockcliffe (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Westlinton (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Arthuret (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

route

10Km square:-

NY35

10Km square:-

NY36

evidence:-

old map:- Badeslade 1742
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source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.

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old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760

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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

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double line, dotted

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double line, dotted
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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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, solid or dotted, with a dot or milestone and number at 1 mile intervals, tinted red; turnpike road

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from Scots Gate and over the Eden
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
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road map:- Cary 1790 (Cmd/edn 1789)

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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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double line, with road distances from Carlisle
item:- JandMN : 419
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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 267-268 "Cross the Esk River; and 1¼of a Mile further, on r. a T.R. to Edin[burgh, through Longholm."

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page 283-284 "Cross the Esk River; and a ¼of a Mile beyond Longtown, on r. a T.R. to Edinburgh, thro' Longholm"

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page 337-338 "LONDON to Edinburgh, by Selkirk."
part of
item:- JandMN : 228.1
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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, feathered edges; post road?
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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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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double line, light bold; 'Mail-Coach Roads (Direct)'
item:- private collection : 18.21
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old map:- Cooper 1808

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Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.

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double line; road
item:- JandMN : 86
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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, hatched; 'Mail Coach Road'
item:- Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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old text:- Gents Mag
item:- Hints for a Tour in Scotland

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.

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Gentleman's Magazine 1812 part 2 p.6 "Hints for a Tour in SCOTLAND; in an Original Letter from the Hon. DAINES BARRINGTON to a Friend (probably Mr. PENNANT.)"
"July 17, 1771."
"DEAR SIR,"
"..."
"From Carlisle there is a new turnpike quite to Edinburgh, with regular stages, and very decent accomodations."
"I don't recollect any thing worth mentioning on this road, except that when you come to Selkirk you should inquire for Melrose Abbey.- I would advise you to lye there, as the house is a very decent one. It is not above 5 or 6 miles out of the road to Edinburgh."
"... ..."

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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double line, solid; main road; Carlisle, Blockford, Longtown
item:- JandMN : 91
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old map:- Ford 1839 map

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.

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"C to L 8½Ms."

evidence:-

old itinerary:- Tinsley 1877 (Roads/Cum)

source data:-

Itinerary, route 3, London to Edinburgh and Glasgow via Boroughbridge and Carlisle, including from Bowes, Durham; through Brough, Appleby, Westmorland; then Penrith, Carlisle, Longtown, Cumberland; and into Scotland, published by Tinsley Bros, 8 Catherine Street, Strand, London, 1877.

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pp.36-49 in British High Roads, North and North Eastern Routes; pp.37-39.
printed at p.36:- "... / ROUTE III. - LONDON to EDINBURGH and GLASGOW via / BOROUGHBRIDGE and CARLISLE (See Maps 31 to 42.) / Boroughbridge 206 (as per Route I.), Leeming 221½, Catterick 228, Greta Bridge 242½, Bowes 248½, Brough 261½, Appleby 269¾, / Penrith 283½, Carlisle 301½, Longtown 310¼, Langholm 321¾, / Hawick 349½, Selkirk 356, Middleton 379½, Edinburgh 392½. / ..."
item:- private collection : 270.1
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evidence:-

old strip map:- Tinsley 1877 (Roads/Cum)

source data:-

Strip map, road map, part of London to Edinburgh via Boroughbridge and Carlisle, including from before Longtown, Cumberland; and into Scotland, published by Tinsley Bros, 8 Catherine Street, Strand, London, 1877.

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Map pp.37-38 in British High Roads, North and North Eastern Routes.
printed at top:- "BRITISH HIGH ROADS. / 37 LONDON TO EDINBURGH, VIA BOROUGHBRIDGE &CARLISLE. 38"
item:- private collection : 270.5
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evidence:-

old text:- Harper 1907

source data:-

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Page 154:- "..."
"The geography of Gretna and the Border is, so far as roads are concerned, somewhat involved, and requires careful explanation. Up to 1830, when the wide-spreading sands of the Esk were bridged, the way for coaches and all road traffic lay circuitously through Longtown to the right of where the fork of the roads now occurs [at Kingstown]; but in that year the New Road, or the "English Road," as it commonly was called, was opened, .."
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Page 155:- "..."

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"MAP OF OLD AND NEW ROADS FROM CARLISLE TO GRETNA GREEN."
"..."
item:- JandMN : 1055.27
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evidence:-

old strip map:- CTC 1911 (Roads)

source data:-

Page 82 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 37, Newcastleton Pentonbridge Carlisle, scale roughly 5 miles to 1 inch.
Together with an itinerary and gradient diagram.
item:- JandMN : 491.82
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