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 road, Alston to Stanhope
road, Alston to Stanhope: Act of Parliament
evidence:-   Act of Parliament:- Turnpike Acts
source data:-   Turnpike Acts, relevant to Westmorland, Cumberland, etc, passed at various dates in the 18th-19th centuries.
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34 Geo III c.?, 1794  "An Act for altering, repairing and widening the Road from Burtry Ford in the County of Durham, to Alston in the County of Cumberland, and from Alston aforesaid, by the Dyke, to Burnstones, in the County of Northumberland."

evidence:-   Act of Parliament:- Turnpike Acts
source data:-   Turnpike Acts, relevant to Westmorland, Cumberland, etc, passed at various dates in the 18th-19th centuries.
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55 Geo III c.?, 1815  "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act of his present Majesty for repairing the Road from Burtry Ford in the County of Durham, to Alston in the County of Cumberland, and from Alston aforesaid, by the Dyke, to Burnstones, in the County of Northumberland."

evidence:-   Act of Parliament:- Turnpike Acts
item:-  bridge
source data:-   Turnpike Acts, relevant to Westmorland, Cumberland, etc, passed at various dates in the 18th-19th centuries.
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5 Geo IV c.35, 1824  "An Act for Repairing the Road from Burtry ford in the County of Durham, through Alston, in the County of Cumberland, to Burnstones, in the County of Northumberland, and from Summerrod's Bar, near Hexham, to Alston aforesaid, and several other Roads in the said Counties, and in North Riding of the County of York and for erecting Bridges over the River Tyne."

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NB: I have not made a systematic search for turnpike acts.

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