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Nether Bridge Turnpike, Kendal
Nether Bridge Turnpike
site name:-   road, Lancaster to Kendal E
site name:-   road, Kendal to Kirkby Lonsdale
locality:-   Kendal
civil parish:-   Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   toll gate (site) 
coordinates:-   SD51749188 (about) 
1Km square:-   SD5191
10Km square:-   SD59
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 12) 
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.
"Nether Bridge T.P."
at a fork; gates on both roads, and a building 

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770
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.
image
J55191U.jpg
"Toll Gate"
building/s and a gate across the road 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   probably 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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J5SD59SW.jpg
"Toll Gate"
circle, by Nether Bridge 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

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