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  road, Longtown to Gretna
road, Longtown to Gretna: 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.143, 1794  "An Act for amending, and keeping in Repair, the Road leading from Lyne Bridge, through Longtown, to the Scotch Dyke, and from Longtown to the Bridge over the River of Sark in the County of Cumberland."
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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54 Geo III c.?, 1815  "An Act for enlarging the Terms and Powers of an Act of His present Majesty, for repairing the Roads from Lyne Bridge, through Longtown to the Bridge over the River Sark, in the County of Cumberland; and for repairing certain other roads to communicate therewith."
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 NB: I have not made a systematic search for turnpike acts.
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