Old Cumbria Gazetteer - road, Lancaster to Kendal W

included in:-

road, Lancaster to Carlisle

road, Lancaster to Kendal W

locality:-

Lancaster

county:-

Lancashire

civil parish:-

Beetham (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Milnthorpe (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Kendal (formerly Westmorland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

road route

10Km square:-

SD46

10Km square:-

SD57

10Km square:-

SD58

10Km square:-

SD59

SummaryText:-

Westerly route from Lancaster to Carnforth, through Beetham or Burton to Milnthorpe, thence to Kendal

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

route parts:-

Carnforth to Milnthorpe via Beetham

Milnthorpe to Kendal

route parts:-

alternative route

Lancaster to Kendal via Burton, as far as Burton

Burton to Milnthorpe

Milnthorpe to Kendal

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.

J5SD59SW.jpg

J5SD58NW.jpg

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J5SD57NW.jpg
"to Lancaster"
double line; road, bold, main road, with mile numbers between Kendal and Milnthorpe
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Images © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805)

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

CY24SD59.jpg
double line, bold light, numbered miles; main road, two routes

CY24SD58.jpg
double line, bold light, numbered miles; main road; two routes

CY24SD57.jpg
"From Lancaster"
double line, bold light, numbered miles; main road; routes diverge north of Burton
item:- JandMN : 129
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evidence:-

road map:- Cary 1790 (Lan/edn 1792)

source data:-

Road map, hand coloured engraving, Lancashire, scale about 18 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 1790, edn 1792.

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CY46.jpg
"to Kendal"
double line
item:- JandMN : 418
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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, with road distances from Kendal
item:- JandMN : 44
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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
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.4
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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
light line; 'Other Direct Roads from LONDON' through Milnthorpe
item:- private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-

old map:- Wallis 1810 (Wmd)

source data:-

Road map, Westmoreland, scale about 19 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Street, Soho, 1810, published by W Lewis, Finch Lane, London, 1835?

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WAL5.jpg
double line, hatched; 'Mail Coach Road', through Beetham
item:- JandMN : 63
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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
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
1¼	Heversham	15
1½	Levens Bridge	16½
1½	Sizergh	18
3¼	Kendal	21¼

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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FD02SD48.jpg

FD02SD47.jpg

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.

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double line, bold light, major road

GAR2SD48.jpg

GAR2SD47.jpg

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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IG5203.jpg
Itinerary, with gradient diagram, route 203, Preston to Kendal, Lancashire and Westmorland, 1898.
item:- JandMN : 763.24
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evidence:-

gradient diagram:- Pratt 1905 (edn 1915)

source data:-

Gradient diagram, Liverpool to Carlisle, in Pratt's Road Atlas of England and Wales ... by George Philip and Son, 32 Fleet Street, London, 1905, published by Anglo-American Oil Co, 36-38 Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster, London, 1915.

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PRA1G1.jpg
Note the route is via Beetham and Milnthorpe
item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2001.138
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evidence:-

old strip map:- CTC 1911 (Roads)

source data:-

Page 16 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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CTC216.jpg
Strip road map, route 1, Shap Kendal Carnforth, part of Carlisle to Tarporley, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch.
Together with an itinerary and gradient diagram.
item:- JandMN : 491.16
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evidence:-

old strip map:- CTC 1911 (Roads)

source data:-

Page 17 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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CTC217.jpg
Strip road map, route 1, Carnforth Lancaster Preston, part of Carlisle to Tarporley, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch.
Together with an itinerary and gradient diagram.
item:- JandMN : 491.17
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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.

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Note the route is via Beetham and Milnthorpe
item:- private collection : 17
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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.
"... At Lancaster we are at the mouth of the Lune, which must be crossed by Skerton Bridge on leaving the town and soon we are travelling less than two miles from the coast, through Slyne and Bolton-le-Sands, to where the ironworks of Carnforth impose themselves boldly upon the landscape. In another two or three miles we run out of Lancashire into Westmorland."
"The Lake District"
"And now for the most spectacular part of the journey. For a majority of those who travel this road it will stand, perhaps, as the road to the Lakes rather than as the road to Glasgow. The gateway to the Lake District from the south is Kendal, marked as we approach it by the ruins of Kendal Castle crowning a hill to the right. ..."

places:-

Lancaster, Lancashire
Slyne, Lancashire
Carnforth, Lancashire
Beetham
Burton-in-Kendal alternative route
Milnthorpe
Levens Hall, Levens
Sizergh Castle, Sizergh
Helsington
Kendal

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