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  road, Penrith to Hesket Newmarket partly 
road, Penrith to Wigton
Penrith to Wigton
Wigton to Penrith
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civil parish:-   Penrith (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Catterlen (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Skelton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Castle Sowerby (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Sebergham (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Westward (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Woodside (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Wigton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   route
10Km square:-   NY44
10Km square:-   NY43
10Km square:-   NY33
10Km square:-   NY34
10Km square:-   NY24
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, solid or dotted, with a dot or milestone and number at 1 mile intervals, tinted red; turnpike road 
distances from Penrith 
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"W. to P. 21:0:32"
miles.furlongs.poles; Wigton to Penrith 
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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 
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  "Through Penrith, on l. a T.R. to Cockermouth and Wigton."
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page 283-284  "Through Penrith, on l. a T.R. to Cockermouth and Wigton."
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page 319-320 
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page 321-322 
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 555-556  "At Wigton, on l. a T.R. to Penrith."
"3 Miles from Thursby, on r. a T.R. to Wigton; on l. to Penrith."
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page 557-558  "At Warnell, on r. a T.R. to Wigton; on l. to Penrith"
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 solid; road AND double line, light dark dotted; unfenced 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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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; Penrith, Hutton, Sebergham, Rosely, Wigton 
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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"W to P 21 Ms."
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item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   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 181, Penrith to Bowes, and route 182, Penrith to Wigton, Westmorland, Cumberland and Durham, 1898. 
item:-  JandMN : 763.16
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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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blue - declared 'main road' by magistrates, as the county authority, since 1878, under section 15 of the Highways Act 1878; and minor roads 
 
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 105 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 51, Abbey Town Wigton Rosley Penrith, scale roughly 5 miles to 1 inch. 
Together with an itinerary and gradient diagram. 
item:-  JandMN : 491.105
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 Act of Parliament
places:-  
 Penrith
 Unthank, Skelton
 Sebergham Bridge, Sebergham
 Goose Green, Sebergham
 Wigton
places:-  
NY49683357 Catterlen Bridge (Penrith)
NY47423498 toll gate, Catterlen (Catterlen) suggestedgone
NY33574150 toll gate, Sebergham (Sebergham) once
NY22894371 Waver Turnpike (Westward)
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