Old Cumbria Gazetteer - road, Keswick to Cockermouth: Act of Parliament


included in:-	road, Keswick to Cockermouth
	road, Keswick to Cockermouth: 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. 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 ... to the Borough of Cockermouth, in the said County; and from thence by Lorton over Whinlatter, to Keswick, 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:" "..." "... and to demand, receive, and take at the said several Toll Gates, the Tolls and Duties following, before any Horse, Mare, Gelding, or any other Cattle or Carriage whatsoever, shall be permitted to pass or go through the same (that is to say)For every Coach, Berlin, Landau, Chariot, Chaise, Chair, Calash or Hearse, drawn by Six or more Horses, Mares, Mules, or Geldings, the Sum of One Shilling and Six Pence: For every Coach, Berlin, Landau, Chariot, Chaise, Chair, or Calash or Hearse, drawn by Four Horses, Mares, Mules, or Geldings, the Sum of One Shilling; For every Coach, Berlin, Landau, Chariot, Chaise, Chair, or Calash or Hearse, drawn by Two or Three Horses, Mares, Mules, or Geldings, the Sum of Six Pence: For every Chaise, Chair, or Calash or Hearse, drawn by One Horse, Mare, Mule, or Gelding, the Sum of Three Pence: For every Waggon, Wain, Cart or Carriage, laden with Coal or Canal, and no other matter, drawn by Six Horses, or other Beasts of Draught, the Sum of Nine Pence; and drawn by Four or Five Horses, or other Beasts of Draught, the Sum of Six Pence; and drawn by Three Horses, or other Beasts of Draught, the Sum of Three Pence; and drawn by Two Horses, or other Beasts of Draught, the Sum of Three Half Pence; and drawn by One Horse, or other Beast of Draught, the Sum of One Penny: For every Waggon, Wain, Cart or other Carriage, than abovementioned, laden with any other Goods or Things or unladen, and not going for Coals, and drawn by One Horse, or other Beast of Draught, the Sum of Two Pence; and drawn by Two Horses, or other Beasts of Draught, the Sum of Three Pence; and drawn by Three Horses, or other Beasts of Draught, the Sum of Six Pence; and drawn by Four or Five Horses, or other Beasts of Draught, the Sum of One Shilling; and drawn by Six Horses, or other Beasts of Draught, the Sum of One Shilling and Six Pence: And for every Horse, Mare, Gelding, Mule, or Ass, laden or unladen, and not drawing, the Sum of One Penny: For every Drove of Oxen, or neat Cattle, the Sum of Ten Pence per Score, and so in proportion for any greater or lesser Number: For every Drove of Calves, Hogs, Sheep, or Lambs, the Sum of Five Pence per Score, and so in proportion for any greater or lesser Number::" "..."

evidence:-	Act of Parliament:- Turnpike Acts placename:- Embleton and Wythop Road placename:- Lorton and Whinlatter Road placename:- High Road placename:- Bassenthwaite and High Road item:- deposited plans
source data:-	Turnpike Acts, relevant to Westmorland, Cumberland, etc, passed at various dates in the 18th-19th centuries. goto source 19 and 20 Vic c.64, 1856 TP07p01.jpg "ANNO DECIMO NONO &VICESIMO VICTORIAE REGINAE Cap.lxiv." "An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from Penrith to Cockermouth, and other Roads connected therewith, and for making and maintaining several new Roads, all in the County of Cumberland. (30th June 1856.)" "enacted in the context of a previous act, Turnpike Act 5 Geo IV c.4" "... And whereas Plans and Sections of the several Roads so proposed to be made, formed, and maintained, showing the Lines and Levels thereof, with a Book of Reference to those Plans containing the Names of the Owners or reputed Owners, Lessees or reputed Lessees, and the Occupiers of the Lands through which the Roads will pass, have been deposited at the Office of the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Cumberland: ..." "... "Penrith and Cockermouth Roads Act, 1856."" "The Road commencing at or near the Head of Castle Gate in Cockermouth, passing by Saint Helen's through the Townships of Cockermouth, Embleton, Wythop, Braithwaite, Coledale, Thornthwaite, and Underskiddaw, to Keswick, and such Road shall be called "Embleton and Wythop Road;"" "The Road commencing at the Town of Cockermouth, and leading from thence to Lorton over Whinlatter to the Junction with the Embleton and Wythop Road at Braithwaite aforesaid, and such Road shall be called "Lorton and Whinlatter Road;"" "The Branch Road commencing at the Castle Inn, in the Parish of Bassenthwaite, and leading from thence by and over Ouse Bridge and The High, to the Junction with the "Embleton and Wythop Road," at Saint Helen's, in Cockermouth, and such Road shall be called "High Road."" "... A Road commencing by a Junction with the Embleton and Wythop Road at High Hill Gate in Underskiddaw, and thence on the East Side of Bassenthwaite Lake, terminating by a Junction with "High Road" at the Castle Inn aforesaid; and a Road commencing by a Junction with the "High Road" at or near a Place called Rudding in Setmurthy, and terminating by a Junction with the Embleton and Wythop Road at Braithay Hill in Setmurthy aforesaid; and such roads when formed, together with High Road, shall be called "Bassenthwaite and High Road;"" "... A Road commencing by a Junction with the Lorton and Whinlatter Road at or near the Parsonage in Cockermouth aforesaid, and terminating at a Place called the Square in Kirkgate in Cockermouth." "... The Trustees may demand and take at the several respective Turnpikes which shall be upon or on the Sides of the Roads such Tolls as the Trustees may direct, not exceeding the Tolls as follwows; (that is to say,)" "For every Horse or other Beast of Draught drawing any Coach, Landau, Chariot, Chaise, Phaeton, Omnibus, Chair, Gig, Hearse, Litter, Tax Cart, or other such Carriage, or any Cart or Carriage on Springs, Sixpence: For every Horse or Beast of Draught (except an Ass), drawing any Waggon, Cart, or other such Carriage, not being on Springs, Fourpence: For every Ass drawing any Wagon, Cart, or other such Carriage, Twopence: For every Carriage or Vehicle propelled or drawn by Steam Machinery or other Power (except Animal or Manual Power), One Shilling for each Wheel of such Carriage: For every Horse, or other Beast, Mule, or Ass, laden or unladen, and not drawing, Twopence: For every Drove of Oxen, Cows, or Neat Cattle, Tenpence per Score, and so in proportion for any greater or less Number: And for every Drove of Calves, Swine, Sheep, or Lambs, Fivepence per Score, and so in proportion for any greater or less Number."

evidence:-	Act of Parliament:- Turnpike Acts
source data:-	Turnpike Acts, relevant to Westmorland, Cumberland, etc, passed at various dates in the 18th-19th centuries. goto source 5 Geo IV c.?, 1824 "AN ACT FOR More effectually amending improving and keeping in Repair the Road leading from Penrith to Cockermouth, and several other Roads therein mentioned, all in the County of Cumberland." "..." "And whereas the making and maintaining of a diversion or deviated Line of Road from and out of the said Roads situate in the said County of Cumberland, commencing at Cockermouth, through the Townships of Cockermouth, Embleton, Setmurthy and Wythop, in the Parish of Brigham, the Townships or Divisions of Braithwaite, Coledale, Thornthwaite, Portinsclae and underskiddaw, in the Parish of Crosthwaite, to Keswick, ... all in the County of Cumberland, would be productive of great public utility: BUT the several purposes aforesaid cannot be effected without the Aid and Authority of Parliament:" "..."

notes:-	from Hesket by Yewe's Bridge, Cockermouth, Lorton, Whinlatter Pass, Keswick, Cumberland; then Dunmail Raise, Ambleside, to Kendal, Westmorland.
	Authorized by act 1 Geo III, 1760; 22 Geo III; 44 Geo III, 1804; 5 Geo IV, 1825; 13 and 14 Vic, 1850.
	Farrer, William &Curwen, John F (ed): 1923: Records relating to the Barony of Kendale: Wilson, Titus and Son: vol.4

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

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