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 road, Penrith to Workington
road, Cockermouth to Workington
Cockermouth to Workington
Workington to Cockermouth
A66
civil parish:-   Cockermouth (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Brigham (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Greysouthen (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Little Clifton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Great Clifton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Workington (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   road route
10Km square:-   NY13
10Km square:-   NY03
10Km square:-   NY02
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.
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double line, 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 
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"W. to C. 7:7:16"
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item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
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evidence:-   road map:- Cary 1790 (Cmd/edn 1789) 
source data:-   Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 15 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 1790, edn 1789.
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double line 
item:-  JandMN : 419
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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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page 317-318  "LONDON to Cockermouth and Workington"
part of  "On r. a T.R. to Workington"
about Little Clifton, on the Whitehaven road 
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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page 557-558  "CARLISLE to Cockermouth and Workington."
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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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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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.
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double line; road 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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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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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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single line, solid; minor road; Cockermouth, Little Clifton, Workington 
item:-  JandMN : 91
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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, 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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evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
source data:-   Map, colour lithograph, Road Map of Cumberland, by George Joseph Bell, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, printed by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
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orange - disturnpiked 'main road' under section 13 of the Highways Act 1878 since 1 September 1883 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
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evidence:-   gradient diagram:- Watson 1912
source data:-   Gradient diagram, black and white halftone, roads from Keswick, Cumberland, in a guide book, Keswick on Derwentwater, published by George Watson, after 1913.
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item:-  Keswick Museum : 2145.5
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places:-    Cockermouth
 Brigham
 Little Clifton
 Great Clifton
 Stainburn, Workington
 Workington

places:-  
NY09093093 milestone, Brigham (Brigham) L
NY07683033 milestone, Brigham (2) (Brigham) L not found
NY10633082 milestone, Brigham (3) (Brigham) L
NY03412961 milestone, Great Clifton (Great Clifton)
NY04882912 milestone, Great Clifton (2) (Great Clifton)
NY06262957 milestone, Greysouthen (Greysouthen) L not found
NY07613030 Bridgefoot Turnpike (Brigham)
NY08623079 Brigham Side Turnpike (Brigham) gone
NY09993103 Fitz Turnpike (Brigham)
NY01902913 milestone, Workington (3) (Workington)
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