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 road, Milnthorpe to Kendal
road, Milnthorpe to Kendal: 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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32 Geo II c.69, 1759  "An Act for repairing, amending and widening the roads from the south-west end of Nether Bridge, Kendal, by Sizergh fellside to Levens Bridge and from thence through the town of Milnthorpe to Dixies, and from the town of Milnthorpe to Hang Bridge and from thence to join the Heron Syke Road at the guide-post near Clawthorpe Hall."

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. 

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

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