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 road, Milnthorpe to Dixes
road, Milnthorpe to Dixes: 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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Act of Parliament, 20 Geo III c.111, for the turnpike road from Kendal to Milnthorpe, Milnthorpe to Dixes, 1780. 

notes:-  
from Nether Bridge, Kendal, by Sizergh fellside, Levens Bridge, Milnthorpe to Dixies ie Dixes Inn on the Kent Estuary, Westmorland.
Authorized by act 32 Geo II. 1759; ammended 20 Geo III, 1779; 1801; 3 Geo IV, 1822; 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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NB: I have not made a systematic search for turnpike acts.

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