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 road, Penrith to Hesket Newmarket
road, Penrith to Hesket Newmarket: 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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26 Geo II c.37, 1753  "An Act for repairing the Road leading from the Town of Penrith in the County of Cumberland, by Hutton Hall, over Skelton and Castlesowerby Pastures, and Sebraham Bridge, to Chalkbeck in the said County; and also the Road which branches and separates from the same Road upon Castlesowerby aforesaid, and leads from thence through Hesket, otherwise Hesket New Market, to Caldbeck, in the said County."

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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18 Geo III c.?, 1778  "An Act for continuing and amending an Act made in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty, for repairing the Road leading from the Town of Penrith, in the County of Cumberland, by Hutton Hall, over Skelton and Castle Sowerby Pastures, and Sebergham Bridge, to Chalk Beck, in the said County; and also the Road which branches and separates from the same Road, upon Castle Sowerby pastures aforesaid, and leads hence through Hesket, otherwise Hesket-Newmarket. to Caldbeck, in the Said County."

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

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