Old Cumbria Gazetteer - road, Carnforth to Milnthorpe

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road, Lancaster to Kendal W

road, Carnforth to Milnthorpe

Carnforth to Milnthorpe

Milnthorpe to Carnforth

locality:-

Carnforth

county:-

Lancashire

civil parish:-

Beetham (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Milnthorpe (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

road route

10Km square:-

SD57

10Km square:-

SD47

10Km square:-

SD48

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Lan 18)

source data:-

Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"CARNFORTH AND ULVERSTON TRUST"
along road

evidence:-

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.

J5SD48SE.jpg

J5SD47NE.jpg
"to Lancaster"
double line; road
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Images © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

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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CY16.jpg
"to Lancaster"
double line
item:- JandMN : 44
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

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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GRA1Wd.jpg
"to Lancaster"
double line, light dark solid; road
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
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evidence:-

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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HA18.jpg
single line, solid; minor road; ... Milnthorpe
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.58
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evidence:-

descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)

source data:-

Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.

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Page 151:- "..."
"I. LANCASTER TO KENDAL, BY MILNTHORPE,- 21¼M."


Miles.	LANCASTER TO	Miles.

4	Bolton-le-Sands	4
2	Carnforth	6
6½	Beetham	12½
1¼	Milnthorpe	13¾
...

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.

FD02SD47.jpg

FD02SD46.jpg
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H

source data:-

Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.

GAR2SD48.jpg

evidence:-

old map:- Burrow 1920s

source data:-

Road book, On the Road, Dunlop Pictorial Road Plans, volume V, strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.

evidence:-

old text:- Burrow 1920s
placename:-

source data:-

Road book, strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, irregular scales about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.
"... where the ironworks of Carnforth impose themselves boldly upon the landscape. In another two or three miles we run out of Lancashire into Westmorland."

Act of Parliament

places:-

Carnforth, Lancashire
Beetham
Milnthorpe

milestones:-

Milestones in order.
milestone, Lancashire (3)
milestone, Lancashire
milestone, Beetham (6)
milestone, Beetham (2)
milestone, Beetham

places:-

SD49738018 milestone, Beetham (Beetham) L

SD50267885 milestone, Beetham (2) (Beetham) L

SD50957745 milestone, Beetham (6) (Beetham) L

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