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 road, Carlisle to Edinburgh
road, Longtown to Edinburgh
Longtown to Edinburgh
Edinburgh to Longtown
A7
civil parish:-   Arthuret (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Kirkandrews (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   road route
10Km square:-   NY36
10Km square:-   NY46
country:-   Scotland
locality type:-   road
locality type:-   route
10Km square:-   NY37
10Km square:-   NY38

evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
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source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
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item:-  JandMN : 115
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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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"To Edinburgh"
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into Scotland at Scots Dike 
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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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"the Edinburgh Road"
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 267-268  "Cross the Esk River; and 1¼of a Mile further, on r. a T.R. to Edin[burgh, through Longholm."
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page 283-284  "Cross the Esk River; and a ¼of a Mile beyond Longtown, on r. a T.R. to Edinburgh, thro' Longholm"
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page 337-338  "LONDON to Edinburgh, by Selkirk."
part of 
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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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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"the Edinburgh Road"
double line, light dark solid; road 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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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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"to Edinburgh"
double line, hatched; 'Mail Coach Road' 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
item:-  Hints for a Tour in Scotland
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
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Gentleman's Magazine 1812 part 2 p.6  "Hints for a Tour in SCOTLAND; in an Original Letter from the Hon. DAINES BARRINGTON to a Friend (probably Mr. PENNANT.)"
"July 17, 1771."
"DEAR SIR,"
"..."
"From Carlisle there is a new turnpike quite to Edinburgh, with regular stages, and very decent accomodations."
"I don't recollect any thing worth mentioning on this road, except that when you come to Selkirk you should inquire for Melrose Abbey.- I would advise you to lye there, as the house is a very decent one. It is not above 5 or 6 miles out of the road to Edinburgh."
"... ..."

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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"To Langholm"
double line, solid; main road; Longtown, Kirkandrews, ... 
item:-  JandMN : 91
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evidence:-   old strip map:- Smith 1826 (Roads/Cum) 
source data:-   Strip map, pp.103-105, including To Glasgow by Carlisle, Moffat and Hamilton, published by Charles Smith and Son, 172 Strand, London, 1st edn 1826.
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From Longtown, Cumberland; into Scotland; and other routes. 
Included in Smith's Pocket New Companion to the Roads of England and Wales. 
printed at p.103:-  "TO GLASGOW / by Carlisle Moffat / and Hamilton"
item:-  private collection : 269.7
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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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red - disturnpiked 'main road' under section 13 of the Highways Act 1878 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
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places:-    Longtown
 Scotsdike, Kirkandrews
 Canonbie, Scotland
 Langholm, Scotland
 Edinburgh, Scotland

places:-  
NY38687227 milestone, Kirkandrews (Kirkandrews) L
NY38727320 milestone, Kirkandrews (2) (Kirkandrews)
NY37867090 milestone, Kirkandrews (4) (Kirkandrews)
NY37186958 milestone, Kirkandrews (6) (Kirkandrews) L
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