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 road, Cockermouth to Carlisle |
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| road, Cockermouth to Carlisle: Act of Parliament | ||
| evidence:- | Act of Parliament:- Turnpike Acts |
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| source data:- | Turnpike Acts, relevant to Westmorland, Cumberland, etc, passed at various dates in
the 18th-19th centuries. goto source 2 Geo III c.81, 1762 "An Act for widening, repairing and amending, the Road from Hesket, by Yewes Bridge, to Cockermouth, and from thence by Lorton, over Whinlatter, to Keswick, in the County of Cumberland; and from Keswick, by Dunmail Rays and Ambleside, to Kirkby in Kendall in the County of Westmorland; and from Plumgarth's Cross, near Kirkby in Kendall aforesaid, to the Lake called Windermere, in the County of Westmorland; and from Keswick aforesaid, to the Town of Penrith, in the County of Cumberland." "Whereas the Roads leading from the Town of Hesket Newmarket, in the County of Cumberland, by Yewes Bridge, to the Borough of Cockermouth, in the said County; ... are in many Places narrow, and so ruinous, that they cannot be widened and amended by the ordinary Course of Law:" "..." |
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| evidence:- | Act of Parliament:- Turnpike Acts |
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| source data:- | Turnpike Acts, relevant to Westmorland, Cumberland, etc, passed at various dates in
the 18th-19th centuries. goto source 5 Geo IV c.7, 1824 "An Act for the more effectually amending, improving, and keeping in Repair the Roads from the City of Carlisle to the Market Town of Cockermouth, in the County of Cumberland. (23d March 1824.)" "WHEREAS the Highway or Road leading from the City of Carlisle to the Market Town of Cockermouth in the County of Cumberland, by Way of Wigton, and a Branch of the same Highway or Road from Thursby to Red Dial, from the increased and constant intercourse and travelling thereon, is in a ruinous Condition, and cannot be effectually amended and kept in repair by the ordinary Course of Law; and it would be a great Benefit and Advantage ... [to be] made Turnpike ..." |
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from Hesket by Yewe's Bridge, Cockermouth, Lorton, Whinlatter Pass, Keswick, Cumberland;
then Dunmail Raise, Ambleside, to Kendal, Westmorland. |
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| Authorized by act 1 Geo III, 1760; 22 Geo III; 44 Geo III, 1804; 5 Geo IV, 1825; 13
and 14 Vic, 1850. |
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| Farrer, William &Curwen, John F (ed): 1923: Records relating to the Barony of Kendale:
Wilson, Titus and Son: vol.4 |
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NB: I have not made a systematic search for turnpike acts. |
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