Old Cumbria Gazetteer - road, Penrith to Barnard Castle

road, Penrith to Barnard Castle

Penrith to Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle to Penrith

locality:-

Penrith

civil parish:-

Penrith (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

route

locality:-

Barnard Castle

county:-

Durham

locality type:-

route

route parts:-

Penrith to Appleby

Appleby to Brough

Brough to Bowes

evidence:-

old road book:- Morgan 1759

source data:-

MG01p061.txt
page 61
LONDON to <i>Appleby.</i>

	M. F.
To Catterick as above	226 0
Greta Bridge	240 0
Bowes	246 0
Brough	259 0
** Appleby ?	267 4

"? Another Way by Lancaster"
item:- private collection : 368
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evidence:-

old strip map:- Smith 1826 (Roads/Cum)

source data:-

Strip map, pp.97-99, including To Edinburgh by Carlisle and Longtown, published by Charles Smith and Son, 172 Strand, London, 1st edn 1826.

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From Bowes, Durham westward; and other routes.
Included in Smith's Pocket New Companion to the Roads of England and Wales.
printed at p.90:- "TO EDINBURGH / by Carlisle and / LONGTOWN"
item:- private collection : 269.5
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evidence:-

old strip map:- Smith 1826 (Roads/Cum)

source data:-

Strip map, pp.100-102, including To Edinburgh by Carlisle and Longtown, published by Charles Smith and Son, 172 Strand, London, 1st edn 1826.

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From Rey Cross; through Brough and Appleby, Westmorland; then Penrith, Carlisle, Longtown, Cumberland; into Scotland; and other routes.
Included in Smith's Pocket New Companion to the Roads of England and Wales.
printed at p.90:- "TO EDINBURGH / by Carlisle and / LONGTOWN"
item:- private collection : 269.6
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evidence:-

old itinerary:- Tinsley 1877 (Roads/Cum)

source data:-

Itinerary, route 3, London to Edinburgh and Glasgow via Boroughbridge and Carlisle, including from Bowes, Durham; through Brough, Appleby, Westmorland; then Penrith, Carlisle, Longtown, Cumberland; and into Scotland, published by Tinsley Bros, 8 Catherine Street, Strand, London, 1877.

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pp.36-49 in British High Roads, North and North Eastern Routes; pp.37-39.
printed at p.36:- "... / ROUTE III. - LONDON to EDINBURGH and GLASGOW via / BOROUGHBRIDGE and CARLISLE (See Maps 31 to 42.) / Boroughbridge 206 (as per Route I.), Leeming 221½, Catterick 228, Greta Bridge 242½, Bowes 248½, Brough 261½, Appleby 269¾, / Penrith 283½, Carlisle 301½, Longtown 310¼, Langholm 321¾, / Hawick 349½, Selkirk 356, Middleton 379½, Edinburgh 392½. / ..."

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item:- private collection : 270.1
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evidence:-

old strip map:- Tinsley 1877 (Roads/Cum)

source data:-

Strip map, road map, part of London to Edinburgh via Boroughbridge and Carlisle, including from Rey Cross to beyond Brough, Westmorland, published by Tinsley Bros, 8 Catherine Street, Strand, London, 1877.

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Map pp.33-34 in British High Roads, North and North Eastern Routes.
printed at top:- "BRITISH HIGH ROADS. / 33 LONDON TO EDINBURGH, VIA BOROUGHBRIDGE &CARLISLE. 34"
item:- private collection : 270.3
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evidence:-

old strip map:- Tinsley 1877 (Roads/Cum)

source data:-

Strip map, road map, part of London to Edinburgh via Boroughbridge and Carlisle, including from Appleby, Westmorland through Penrith to Carlisle, Cumberland, published by Tinsley Bros, 8 Catherine Street, Strand, London, 1877.

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Map pp.35-36 in British High Roads, North and North Eastern Routes.
printed at top:- "BRITISH HIGH ROADS. / 35 LONDON TO EDINBURGH, VIA BOROUGHBRIDGE &CARLISLE. 36"
item:- private collection : 270.4
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evidence:-

old itinerary:- Johnson 1908 (Roads/Cum)

source data:-

Itinerary, Route 41. in Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, Doncaster to Glasgow, through Appleby, by Claude Johnson, edited by Lord Montagu, published by The Car Illustrated, 168 Piccadilly, London, 1908.

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pp.81-82 in the road book, Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, vol.3.
printed at beginning, p.81:- "ROUTE 41. / DONCASTER via Boroughbridge (43½), Scotch Corner (72½), Bowes (88½), Appleby (109¾), Penrith (122¼), Carlisle (140¼) to GLASGOW (235¼)."

evidence:-

old itinerary:- Johnson 1908 (Roads/Cum)

source data:-

Itinerary, Route 41. reverse in Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, Glasgow to Doncaster, through Appleby, by Claude Johnson, edited by Lord Montagu, published by The Car Illustrated, 168 Piccadilly, London, 1908.

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pp.83-84 in the road book, Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, vol.3.
printed at beginning, p.83:- "ROUTE 41. Reverse. / GLASGOW via Carlisle (95), Penrith (113), Appleby (125½), Bowes (146¾), Scotch Corner (162¾), Boroughbrisge (191¾), to DONCASTER (235¼)."

evidence:-

old strip map:- Geographia 1925

source data:-

Road book, with road strip maps and gradient diagrams, Premier Road Book of Great Britain, by Alexander Gross and F Waite-Browne, published by Geographia, 55 Fleet Street, London, about 1925?

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"245. - PENRITH, APPLEBY, BARNARD CASTLE."
item:- Hampshire Museums : B1990.161.4
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