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road, Askham to Penrith
Askham to Penrith
Penrith to Askham
civil parish:-   Askham (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Sockbridge and Tirril (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Yanwath and Eamont Bridge (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Penrith (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   route
10Km square:-   NY52

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.
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double line; road 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Images © National Library of Scotland

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 179, Penrith to Mardale Green, and route 180, Penrith to Alston, Westmorland and Cumberland, 1898. 
item:-  JandMN : 763.15
Image © see bottom of page

places:-    Askham
 Yanwath
 Eamont Bridge
 Penrith

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