Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Kendal to Windermere
	other name:-	Windermere to Kendal
	other name:-	A591
	parish	Kendal parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Strickland Ketel parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Nether Staveley parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Over Staveley parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Hugill parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Windermere parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		road; route
	10Km square:-	SD59
	10Km square:-	SD49
	road code:-	Kndl=Wndr
	suffix:-	KtoW
	old map:-	Burrow 1920s
		Road strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, now Cumbria, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.
	date:-	1920=1929
	period:-	1920s
	source:-	Burrow 1920s
		Road strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, now Cumbria, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.
		... The western route, on leaving Kendal, heads straight for Windermere, climbing up a steep hill to an old toll-gate, passing through Staveley and then descending to Windermere town, which has grown up as a modern holiday centre on the very shore of the beautiful lake of the same name, the largest of the group. ...
	date:-	1920=1929
	period:-	1920s
	old map:-	Prior 1874 map 1
		Map, Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.
		To Kendal
		double line; road
	date:-	1874
	period:-	19th century, late; 1870s
	source:-	Martineau 1855
		Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-71.
		Page 5:-
		... When the traveller foot or horseback sees certain reaches of Lake Windermere from Orrest Head, lying deep down below him, he knows he is coming near the end of the railway, ... The old coach road over Orrest Head and the railway meet at the new village of Windermere, whence the road to Bowness descends, ...
	date:-	1855
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	old map:-	Garnett 1850s-60s H
		Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	old map:-	Ford 1839 map
		Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839.
		A to K 13 1/2 Ms.
		Distance Kendal to Ambleside; the old road ignores Windermere, which didn't much exist.
	county:-	Westmoreland
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
		Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52.
		Page 22:-
		...
		The road leaves Kendal by a steep ascent, having the workhouse and prison on either hand. The views northward, in the direction of Shap and Orton, are pretty, not unlike the vale of Derbyshire: southward, there is an opening through the marble jaws of Underbarrow, showing the varied
		Page 23:-
		but pleasing localities of the country. Five miles from Kendal is Stavely, ...
		Page 160:-
		...
		VII. KENDAL TO AMBLESIDE.- 13½ M.
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Baker 1802
		Perspective road map with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland, and Cumberland through Kendal and Penrith ending at Carlisle, by J Baker, London 1802.
		pp.25-26:-
		... After passing a short way from Kendal, the views of the country become extremely interesting. Near the eye some of it is waste, partly spotted, and patched, with short wood, and it is partially cultivated, whilst massive protuberances or fractured partitions of the native stratum of grey-coloured stone bursts to appearance through the soil in every direction. At some part of the way, the distance is disagreeably w[i]ld, at others placid, romantic, and picturesque. Sometimes there appears over the whole the vast Stavely and Coitmoor fells towering among the clouds in indescribable sublimity. ...
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	old map:-	Cooke 1802
		Maps, Westmoreland, Cumberland, etc, now Cumbria, by George Alexander Cooke, London, 1802-10; published 1802-24.
		though no Windermere, double line, light dark solid; road
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	road book:-	Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
		Road book, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, published by G and J Cary, 86 St James's Street, London, 1798-1828.
		page 267-268
		At Kendal ... on l. [T.Rs.] to Milthorpe, Ulverston, Winander Mere, and Ambleside.
		page 317-318
		LONDON to Cockermouth and Workington
		part of
		page 317-318
		Near 2 Miles beyond Kendal, on l. a T.R. to Winander Mere
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	road map:-	Cary 1790 (Wmd/edn 1792)
		Map, Westmoreland, now Cumbria, scale about 11.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 1790; published 1790-1828.
		no Windermere shown double line, with road distances from Lendal
	date:-	1790
	period:-	18th century, late; 1790s
	old map:-	Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
		Map, The County of Westmoreland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed by J Ainslie and perhaps T Donald, engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
		double line; road, bold, main road, with mile numbers
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1770
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	old map:-	Kitchin 1767 (plate 84)
		Road book with strip road map maps, 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.
	date:-	1767
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760
		New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
		Kendal to Ambleside 13 4
		double line, solid and dotted
		double line, solid
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Bowen 1720 (plate 260)
		Road book, Britannia Depicta Or Ogilby Improv'd, including road strip maps with sections in Westmorland, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, derived from maps by Ogilby, 1675, and a county map of Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, with text by John Owen, published by Emanuel Bowen, London, 1720; published 1720-64.
		The Road from Kendal to Cockermouth - from Kendal on past Keswick, Cumberland. Places labelled are:-
		Kendal, a Com~on, The Castle, Lunt Flu / 1 ... 2 / Barnside on right / 3 ... 5 / Stanley / 6, Caston / Chappel on ye Inges on right / 7 / Grass Gate on right?, Broad Gate on left? / 8 / Winandermere / ...
	date:-	1720
	period:-	18th century, early; 1720s
	old map:-	Bowen 1720 (plate 259)
		Road book, Britannia Depicta Or Ogilby Improv'd, including road strip maps with sections in Westmorland, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, derived from maps by Ogilby, 1675, and a county map of Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, with text by John Owen, published by Emanuel Bowen, London, 1720; published 1720-64.
		Plate 259 has the title cartouche for:-
		The Roads from KENDAL to COCKERMOUTH, &c. Containing 32 Comp. and 43'7 measd. Miles &c.
		and a table of distances, computed and measured miles in miles'furlongs, which includes, from Kendal:-
		Stanley 4 / 5'3
		...
	date:-	1720
	period:-	18th century, early; 1720s
	old map:-	Ogilby 1675
		Road book, Britannia, strip road maps, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland etc, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675; and a general map of England and Wales.
		goto source.
	date:-	1675
	period:-	17th century, early; 1670s
	old map:-	Speed 1611
		Maps, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, London, 1611; published 1611-1770.
		road N from Stricklandgate
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	old map:-	Hall 1820 (Wmd)
		Map, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, now Cumbria, scale about 14.5 miles to 1 inch, by Sidney Hall, London, 1820, published by Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
		single line, solid; minor road; to Applethwaite; Kendal, Stavely, Weston Hall - Reston Hall, Applethwaite
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1820
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	old map:-	Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland? in The Agreeable Historian by Samuel Simpson, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
		goto source.
		Double line.
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1746
	period:-	18th century, early; 1740s
	old map:-	Badeslade 1742
		A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, and descriptive text, Cumberland similarly, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
		double line
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1742
	period:-	18th century, early
	old road map:-	Rumney 1899
		Guide book, The Cyclist's Guide to the English Lake District, by A W Rumney, published by George Philip and Son, 32 Fleet Street, London, and Liverpool, 1899.
		Road map, strip map, gradient diagram, and itinerary for Route I, Kendal to Keswick, Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by A W Rumney, published by George Philip and Son, 32 Fleet Street, London, and Liverpool, 1899.
		On p.14 of the Cyclist's Guide to the English Lake District, by A W Rumney.
		printed at top:-
		Route I.
	date:-	1899
	period:-	19th century, late
	hearsay	A survey made for the promoters of the Kendal and Windermere branch railway gave figures for travellers from Kendal to Bowness or Ambleside, November 1843 to November 1844 - 5934 on horse or by post chaise; 3375 in private carriages; 3755 by the Whitehaven Mail or Mazeppa stage coaches. This does include carts.
	places
	mapping:-	Kendal Staveley, Over Staveley Windermere
	route segments
	mapping:-	Kndl=Cckr:m000Kndl=Cckr:m005
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013

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