Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| roman road, Plumpton to Ellenborough | ||
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| civil parish:- | Hesket (formerly Cumberland) | |
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| civil parish:- | Maryport (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | roman road | |
| locality type:- | road | |
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| evidence:- | 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 1755 p.361 "..." "P.S. There is an high Roman road, which has never yet been taken notice of, leading in a streight line from Plumpton fort to Ellenborough; the stations upon it are four, Plumpton fort, Cast Steeds on Broadfield, Old Carlisle near Wigton, and Ellenborough; their names I conjecture to have been Voreda, Brementuracum, Olenacum, and Virosidum. ..." |
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| mapping:- | ||
| place identity:- | Ellenborough, Maryport |
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| place identity:- | ||
| place identity:- | Plumpton, Hesket |
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| note:- | very approximate | |
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