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 road, Lancaster to Kendal E
road, Lancaster to Kendal E: 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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24 Geo II c.20, 1751  "An Act for repairing and widening the road from Preston to Lancaster, and from thence to a Place called [Heiring] Syke, that divides the Counties of Lancaster and Westmorland."

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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26 Geo II c.52, 1753  "An Act for widening and repairing the High Road leading from Heron Syke which divides the Counties of Lancaster and Westmorland, to the Town of Kirkby in Kendal; and from that said Town of Kirkby in Kendal, through the Town of Shapp, to Emont Bridge, in the said County of Westmorland."

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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19 Geo III c.108, 1779  "An Act for enlarging the Terms and Powers of an Act made in the twenty-sixth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Second, Intituled, An Act for widening and repairing the High Road leading from Heron Syke, which divides the Counties of Lancaster and Westmorland, to the Town of Kirkby in Kendal, and from the said Town of Kirkby in Kendal, through the Town of Shapp, to Emont Bridge, in the said County of Westmorland."

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.37, 1815  "[An Act for more effectually Repairing the Road leading from Heronsyke to Kirkby in Kendal, and from thence through Shap to Eamont Bridge in the County of Westmorland, and for making a new Road from the said Road at a place called Far Cross Bank near Kirkby in Kendal, to communicate with the intended Canal from Lancaster to Kirkby in Kendal, and to join the said Road at or near a place called the Lound near Kirkby in Kendal aforesaid.]"

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from Heron Syke on the border with Lancashire, through Kendal, Shap, to Eamont Bridge, Westmorland.
Authorized by act in 26 Geo II, 1753; ammended in 19 Geo III, 1790; 40 Geo III, 1800; 55 Geo III, 1815; 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

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from Preston, through Lancaster, Carnforth, Over Kellet, Borwick, Priest Hutton, Dalton Park, Lancashire; to Heron Syke at the border with Westmorland.
Authorized by act 24 Geo II, 1751.

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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