Old Cumbria Gazetteer - road, Cockermouth to Maryport

road, Cockermouth to Maryport

Cockermouth to Maryport

Maryport to Cockermouth

A594

civil parish:-

Cockermouth (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Papcastle (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Bridekirk (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Broughton Moor (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Dearham (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Maryport (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

route

10Km square:-

NY13

10Km square:-

NY03

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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"M. to C. 7:3:20"
miles.furlongs.poles; Maryport to Cockermouth
item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2
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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 319-320
item:- JandMN : 228.1
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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, Dovenby, Maryport
item:- JandMN : 91
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evidence:-

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

source data:-

Strip map, pp.88-90, including To Kendal by Halifax and Settle, continued to Keswick etc, published by Charles Smith and Son, 172 Strand, London, 1st edn 1826.

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Through Ambleside, Westmorland; then Keswick, Cockermouth to Maryport, Cumberland; and other routes.
Included in Smith's Pocket New Companion to the Roads of England and Wales.
printed at p.86:- "TO KENDAL / by Halifax & Settle / continued to Keswick &c."
item:- private collection : 269.4
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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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"M to C 7½Ms."
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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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
Images © Carlisle Library

evidence:-

old strip map:- CTC 1911 (Roads)

source data:-

Page 110 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 56, Maryport Buttermere Keswick, scale roughly 5 miles to 1 inch.
Together with an itinerary and gradient diagram.
item:- JandMN : 491.110
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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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"251. - MARYPORT TO COCKERMOUTH AND BUTTERMERE."
item:- Hampshire Museums : B1990.161.4
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