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 road, Carlisle to Workington partly 
 road, Carlisle to Whitehaven
 road, Carlisle to Wigton partly 
 road, Carlisle to Allonby partly 
 road, Keswick to Carlisle
 road, Egremont to Carlisle
road, Cockermouth to Carlisle
Cockermouth to Carlisle
Carlisle to Cockermouth
A595
civil parish:-   Cockermouth (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Bridekirk (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Blindcrake (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Bothel and Threapland (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Blennerhasset and Torpenhow (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Boltons (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Allhallows (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Westward (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Woodside (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Thursby (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Dalston (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Cummersdale (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Carlisle (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   road route
10Km square:-   NY13
10Km square:-   NY14
10Km square:-   NY24
10Km square:-   NY34
10Km square:-   NY35

evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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Single line. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 261) 
source data:-   Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.261, the end of the road from Kendal to Cockermouth and the road from Egremont to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.
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The road from Egremont to Carlisle. Places labelled are:- 
... 14, Cockermouth, a Stone Br. over Darwent Flu / 15 .. 20 / 21, Bowland / Overgate on right / Strickland Guard on right / 22, Courtland Guard on left, Lawood Nook, an Inn / 23, a Watermill, a Stone Bridge / Adderskip on left / Whitehall on left / 24, Thurlmillgate on left / 25 ... 26 / Bolton, Eln Flu / 27, Croshill / Gromhil / 28 / 29, Old Carlisle demolisht, Somer on right / 30 ... 31 / Roseley Fell on right / 32, Warside on left, a Stone br. over wample Flu / Croston on left / How Hill on left / 33 / Turkin Hill on left / Thuresby vulgo Fearsby / 34 / Nealople on left / 35 ... 33 (sic =38) / CARLISLE, entering by Irish Gate, and English Gate to right 
item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.36
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
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double line 
item:-  JandMN : 115
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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double line, dotted and solid 
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double line, dotted and solid 
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two routes, both double line, dotted 
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double line, dotted 
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"Cockermouth to Carlile 25"
double line, solid and dotted, road distance, two routes nr Wigton 
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double line, solid 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Kitchin 1767 (plate 84) 
source data:-   Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, The Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and The Road from Egremont to Carlisle, in Kitchin's Post Chaise Companion, by Thomas Kitchin, published by Robert Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, John Bowles, Cornhill, and Carington Bowles, St Paul's Church Yard, London, 1767.
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item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA1999.138.84
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"To Carlisle"
road out of town 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
double line, narrower, solid or dotted with a dot and number at 1 mile intervals; road 
distances from Carlisle 
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"C. to W. 16:0:0"
miles.furlongs.poles; Cockermouth to Wigton 
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item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
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evidence:-   road map:- Cary 1790 (Cmd/edn 1789) 
source data:-   Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 15 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 1790, edn 1789.
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double line, with road distances from Carlisle 
item:-  JandMN : 419
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 267-268  "At Carlisle, on l. a T.R. to Cockermouth."
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page 283-284  "At Carlisle, on l. a T.R. to Cockermouth."
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page 317-318  "At Cockermouth, on r. a T.R. to Carlisle."
twice 
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page 319-320  "Near Uldale, on l. a T.R. to Cockermouth"
"At Uldale, on r. a T.R. to Penrith and Carlisle; on l. [T.R.] to Cockermouth"
"Between 3 and 4 Miles from Hutton [going NW], on l. a T.R. to Cockermouth."
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page 321-322  "[Cross the Caldew River; and a Mile beyond, on] r. a T.R. to Carlisle; on l. [T.R.] to Cockermouth"
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 557-558  "CARLISLE to Cockermouth and Workington."
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
source data:-   Map, Cumberland, scale about 15.5 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, bound in Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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double line, light dark dotted; unfenced road AND double line, light dark solid; road 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
source data:-   Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.
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dotted line; 'Cross Roads', and bold line; 'Principal Travelling Roads' 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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double line; road 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Stree, Soho, London, 1810.
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double line, light bold; 'Turnpike Road' 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Sidney Hall, published by S Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
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single line, solid; minor road; Cockermouth, Armathwaite, Uldale, Up Welton, Hawksdale, Dalston, Carlisle 
item:-  JandMN : 91
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"C to W 16 Ms."
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"W to C 11"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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double line, bold light, major road 
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item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
source data:-   Map, colour lithograph, Road Map of Cumberland, by George Joseph Bell, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, printed by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
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orange - disturnpiked 'main road' under section 13 of the Highways Act 1878 since 1 September 1883 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
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evidence:-   old strip map:- CTC 1911 (Roads) 
source data:-   Page 108 of Cyclists' Touring Club British Road Book new series vol.6, edited by F B Sandford, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, London etc, 1911.
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Strip road map, route 54, Thursby Cockermouth Distington, scale roughly 5 miles to 1 inch. 
Together with an itinerary and gradient diagram. 
item:-  JandMN : 491.108
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evidence:-   old strip map:- CTC 1911 (Roads) 
source data:-   Page 112 of Cyclists' Touring Club British Road Book new series vol.6, edited by F B Sandford, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, London etc, 1911.
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Strip road map, route 58, Carlisle Dalston Ullswater, scale roughly 5 miles to 1 inch. 
Together with an itinerary and gradient diagram. 
item:-  JandMN : 491.112
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 Act of Parliament

places:-  
 Cockermouth
 Bothel
 Mealsgate, Boltons
 Red Dial, Westward
 Thursby
 Carlisle

places:-   alternative route 
 Cockermouth
 Ouse Bridge, Blindcrake
 Uldale, Ireby
 Goose Green, Sebergham
 Dalston
 Carlisle

places:-  
NY12913343 milestone, Blindcrake (Blindcrake)
NY14903579 milestone, Blindcrake (2) (Blindcrake) L
NY13863456 milestone, Blindcrake (3) (Blindcrake)
NY22514324 milestone, Boltons (Boltons) L
NY17203799 milestone, Bothel and Threapland (Bothel and Threapland)
NY11913226 milestone, Bridekirk (Bridekirk) L
NY38725540 milestone, Carlisle (9) (Carlisle)
NY37695424 milestone, Carlisle (11) (Carlisle) L
NY11573103 milestone, Cockermouth (Cockermouth) gone
NY36655305 milestone, Cummersdale (Cummersdale) L
NY35365206 milestone, Dalston (Dalston)
NY16003702 milestone, Plumbland (Plumbland)
NY29855097 milestone, Thursby (2) (Thursby)
NY31415092 milestone, Thursby (3) (Thursby)
NY31234982 milestone, Thursby (4) (Thursby)
NY34075107 milestone, Thursby (5) (Thursby) L
NY32705026 milestone, Thursby (6) (Thursby) L
NY24854535 milestone, Westward (Westward)
NY27504712 milestone, Westward (2) (Westward) L
NY28904793 milestone, Westward (3) (Westward)
NY30294876 milestone, Westward (4) (Westward) L
NY26164625 milestone, Westward (7) (Westward) L
NY25884864 milestone, Wigton (Wigton) L
NY23864790 milestone, Woodside (2) (Woodside)
NY25674664 milestone, Woodside (3) (Woodside)
NY38345520 toll gate, Carlisle (2) (Carlisle)
NY19774093 toll gate, Cockbridge (Blennerhasset and Torpenhow)
NY30894913 toll gate, West Woodside (Westward)
NY17014381 Heathfield Turnpike (Bromfield)
NY18153902 milestone, Bothel and Threapland (2) (Bothel and Threapland) L
NY19064009 milestone, Blennerhasset and Torpenhow (Blennerhasset and Torpenhow) L
NY28445047 milestone, Thursby (7) (Thursby) L
NY23664425 milestone, Boltons (2) (Boltons) L
NY21234228 milestone, Boltons (3) (Boltons) L
NY20074120 milestone, Boltons (4) (Boltons) L
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