Old Cumbria Gazetteer - road, Kendal to Kirkby Lonsdale

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road, Kendal to Skipton

road, Kendal to Kirkby Lonsdale

Kendal to Kirkby Lonsdale

Kirkby Lonsdale to Kendal

A65

B6254

civil parish:-

Kendal (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Natland (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Stainton (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Preston Richard (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Preston Patrick (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Lupton (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Kirkby Lonsdale (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Old Hutton and Holmescales (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

road route

10Km square:-

SD49

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
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old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)

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Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.

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double line; road, bold, main road, with mile numbers, through Lupton
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.

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double line; road, bold, main road, with mile numbers through Kearstwick
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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old text:- Pennant 1773

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Book, A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor, 1773, by Thomas Pennant, published by Edward Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1801.

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Pennant's Tour 1773, page 119 "From hence [Kirkby Lonsdale] I crossed the country twelve miles, (an un-interesting ride,) to Kendal. ..."

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descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821)

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Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.

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Tour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century
Page 239:- "..."
"About six o'clock, one morning in June, we set off from Kendal, and, after travelling about a dozen miles along a good turnpike-road, over Endmoor and Crowbrow, we arrived at Kirkby-Lonsdale soon after eight. About the mid-way we left the little steep white mountain, Farlton-knot, on the right about a mile. ... There were several good mansion-houses by the road side, which, at the beginning of last century, were inhabited by a substantial set of yeomanry and country gentlemen, the most useful members of a community: they are now, however, mostly let out to farmers: the desire of improving their fortunes in trade, or the pleasure of living in towns, have induced the owners to leave them - reverses of fortune, or new attachments, have caused many to sell them, after they had been continued many centuries in their families."

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old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

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double line, bold light, numbered miles; main road

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double line, bold light, numbered miles; main road two routes
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road map:- Cary 1790 (Wmd/edn 1792)

source data:-

Road map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 11.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 1790, edn 1792.

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double line, with road distances from Kendal
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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 "Near 2 Miles beyond Barrows Green, on r. a T.R. to Kirkby Lonsdale."

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page 333-334 "[LONDON to Kendal, through Halifax]"
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item:- JandMN : 228.1
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old map:- Cooke 1802

source data:-

Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.

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double line, light dark solid; road AND double line, light dark dotted; unfenced road
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
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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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bold line; 'Principal Travelling Roads'
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old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806

source data:-

Road map, Continuation of the Roads to Glasgow and Edinburgh, 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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bold line; 'Principal Travelling Roads'
item:- private collection : 18.21
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old map:- Cooper 1808

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.

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double line; road
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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old map:- Wallis 1810 (Wmd)

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Road map, Westmoreland, scale about 19 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Street, Soho, 1810, published by W Lewis, Finch Lane, London, 1835?

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double line, light bold; 'Turnpike Road'
item:- JandMN : 63
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old map:- Hall 1820 (Wmd)

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.

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single line, solid; minor road; Kendal, Blease Hall, Old Hutton, Goslands - Crosslands, Mansergh, Kirkby Lonsdale OR Kendal, Preston Richard, Nook, Catshole, Kirkby Lonsdale
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
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old itinerary:- Tinsley 1877 (Roads/Cum)

source data:-

Itinerary, route 7, London to Whitehaven via the Lake Districts, including from Settle, Lancashire; through Kirkby Lonsdale, Kendal, Ambleside, Westmorland; then Keswick, Cockermouth to Whitehaven, Cumberland, published by Tinsley Bros, 8 Catherine Street, Strand, London, 1877.

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pp.71-91 in British High Roads, North and North Eastern Routes; pp.84-91.
printed at p.71:- "... / ROUTE VII. - LONDON to WHTEHAVEN via THE LAKE / DISTRICTS. (See Maps 65 to 80.) / Hitchin (as per Route I.) 34, Shefford 41, Bedford 50, Higham-Ferrers, / 64¾, Kettering 74½, Rockingham 83¼, Uppingham 88¾, Oakham, / 94¾, Melton Mowbray 104¾, Nottingham 123¼, Rotherham 159¼, / Barnsley 171¾, Huddersfield 188¾, Halifax 196¾, Keighley 208¾, / Skipton 218¾, Settle 234¾, Kirkby Lonsdale 252½, Kendal 264½, / Ambleside 278½, Keswick 293½, Cockermouth 305½, Whitehaven / 319½. / ..."

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

source data:-

Strip map, road map, part of London to Whitehaven, including from before Kirkby Lonsdale through Kendal, Windermere to beyond Ambleside, Westmorland, published by Tinsley Bros, 8 Catherine Street, Strand, London, 1877.

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Map pp.77-78 in British High Roads, North and North Eastern Routes.
printed at top:- "BRITISH HIGH ROADS / 77 LONDON TO WHITEHAVEN. 78"
item:- private collection : 270.6
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gradient diagram:- Gall and Inglis 1890s-1900s (Roads)

source data:-

Contour Road Book of England, Northern Division, by Harry R G Inglis, published by Gall and Inglis, 25 Paternoster Square, London and Edinburgh, 1898.

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Itinerary, with gradient diagram, route 103, Skipton to Kendal, Yorkshire and Westmorland, 1898.
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gradient diagram:- Gall and Inglis 1890s-1900s (Roads)

source data:-

Contour Road Book of England, Northern Division, by Harry R G Inglis, published by Gall and Inglis, 25 Paternoster Square, London and Edinburgh, 1898.

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Itinerary, with gradient diagram, routes 187, Kendal to Kirkby Lonsdale, 188, Kendal to Newby Bridge, 189, Kendal to Bowness, and 190, Ambleside to Coniston etc, Westmorland and Lancashire, 1898.
item:- JandMN : 763.19
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gradient diagram:- Pratt 1905 (edn 1915)

source data:-

Gradient diagram, Doncaster to Kendal, in Pratt's Road Atlas of England and Wales ... by George Philip and Son, 32 Fleet Street, London, 1905, published by Anglo-American Oil Co, 36-38 Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster, London, 1915.

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"DONCASTER to KENDAL"
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old itinerary:- Johnson 1908 (Roads/Cum)

source data:-

Itinerary, Route 39 in Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, Doncaster to Glasgow, through Skipton, by Claude Johnson, edited by Lord Montagu, published by The Car Illustrated, 168 Piccadilly, London, 1908.

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pp.49-56 in the road book, Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, vol.3.
printed at beginning, p.49:- "ROUTE 39. / DONCASTER, via Ferrybridge, Collingham (31¼), Otley (44¾), Ilkley (50¾), Skipton (59¾), Hellifield (69¼), Ingleton (87), Kirkby Lonsdale (92¾), Kendal (104), Carlisle (149½) to GLASGOW (244¼)"
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old itinerary:- Johnson 1908 (Roads/Cum)

source data:-

Itinerary, Route 39 reverse in Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, Glasgow to Doncaster, through Skipton, by Claude Johnson, edited by Lord Montagu, published by The Car Illustrated, 168 Piccadilly, London, 1908.

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pp.57-65 in the road book, Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, vol.3.
printed at beginning, p.57:- "ROUTE 39. Reverse. / GLASGOW via Carlisle (95), Kendal (139½), Kirkby Lonsdale (151½), Ingleton (157¼), Hellifield (175), Skipton (184½), Ilkley (193½), Otley (199½), Junction with North Road (214½) to DONCASTER (244 1/34)."