Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Sark Turnpike, Kirkandrews | ||
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| Sark Turnpike | ||
| site name:- | road, Carlisle to ? | |
| locality:- | Plump | |
| civil parish:- | Kirkandrews (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | toll gate (site) | |
| coordinates:- | NY33266805 (?) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3368 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY36 | |
| references:- | OS County Series |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 9A 8) |
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| 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. "Sark T.P." gate across road and a building |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Burrow 1920s placename:- Sark Bar |
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| 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. "... The actual border [to Scotland] is crossed at Sark Bar toll-house, where the small River Sark is also crossed, a mile before reaching Gretna Green village. ..." |
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