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 road, Kendal to Hawkshead |
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| road, Kendal to Hawkshead: 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 Plumbgarth Cross, near the said Borough of Kirby in Kendall, to the Lake called Windermere, or Winandermere, in the said County of Westmoreland; ... 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.14, 1824 "An Act for more effectually repairing and improving so much of the Road from Keswick in the County of Cumberland, by Dunmail Raise and Ambleside, to Kirkby in Kendal in the County of Westmorland, as is situate in the said County of Westmorland; and also the Road from Plumgarth's Cross near Kirkby in Kendal aforesaid, to the Lake called Windermere, in the County of Westmorland." |
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from Plumgarth's Cross, through Crook, to Windermere lake, 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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