Old Cumbria Gazetteer - road, Whitehaven to Workington

road, Whitehaven to Workington

Whitehaven to Workington

Workington to Whitehaven

civil parish:-

Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Lowca (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Parton (formerly Cumberland)

civil parish:-

Workington (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

route

10Km square:-

NX91

10Km square:-

NX92

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.

BO18NX92.jpg
double line, dotted

BO18NX91.jpg
double line, dotted and solid
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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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, solid or dotted, with a dot or milestone and number at 1 mile intervals, tinted red; turnpike road

D4NY02NW.jpg
"W. to W. 7:7:4"
miles.furlongs.poles; Whitehaven to Workington

D4NY02SW.jpg

D4NX92SE.jpg

D4NX91NE.jpg
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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C38317.jpg
page 317-318 "Near Workington, on l. a T.R. to Whitehaven."
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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C38557.jpg
page 557-558 "Near Workington, on l. a T.R. to Whitehaven."
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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GRA1Cd.jpg
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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Lw18.jpg
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.

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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WL13.jpg
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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HA14.jpg
single line, solid; minor road; Whitehaven, Morresby, Distington, Workington
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.

FD02NX92.jpg
"W to W 7½Ms."

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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IG5171.jpg
Itinerary, with gradient diagram, routes 171, Whitehaven to Silloth, 172, Whitehaven to Ravenglass, 173, Keswick to Workington, and 174, Keswick to Wigton, Cumberland, 1898.
item:- JandMN : 763.12
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places:-

Whitehaven
Workington

places:-

NY01492572 milestone, Winscales (4) (Winscales)

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