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 road, Burton to Milnthorpe
road, Burton to Milnthorpe: 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 town of Milnthorpe to Hang Bridge and from thence to join the Heron Syke Road at the guide-post near Clawthorpe Hall."

notes:-  
from Milnthorpe, by Hang Bridge to join the Heron Syke turnpike near Clawthorpe Hall, 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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