Old Cumbria Gazetteer - road, Brough to Middleton-in-Teesdale: Act of Parliament


included in:-	road, Brough to Middleton-in-Teesdale
	road, Brough to Middleton-in-Teesdale: Act of Parliament
evidence:-	Act of Parliament:- Turnpike Acts
source data:-	Turnpike Acts, relevant to Westmorland, Cumberland, etc, passed at various dates in the 18th-19th centuries. goto source 57 Geo III c.45, 1817 "An Act for making and keeping in Repair a Carriage Road from or near the Town of Brough-under-Stainmore, in the County of Westmoreland, to Middleton Bridge, in the Parish of Romaldkirk, in the North Riding of the County of York, with a Branch from or near Chapel House to Eggleston Bridge, in the same Parish. (16th June 1817.)" "WHEREAS the making and keeping in Repair a Carriage Road leading from the Brough Turnpike Road, at or near a certain Place called Lane Head, in the Parish of Brough-under-Stainmore, in the County of Westmoreland, through the Townships of Brough-under-Stainmore, and Stainmore, in the Parish of Brough-under-Stainmore, in the County of Westmoreland, and through the Townships of Lune and Holwick, in the Parish of Romaldkirk, in the North Riding of the County of York, to a bridge across the River Tees, called Middleton Bridge, in the Parish of Romaldkirk aforesaid, and also a Road branching out of the said Road, at or near Chapel House, in the Township of Lune aforesaid, through the Townships of Mickleton and Romaldkirk, to a Bridge across the River Tees, called Eggleston Bridge, in the said Parish of Romaldkirk, ..."

notes:-	from Brough, by Silver Keld, Westmorland; through Ronalkirk area, Yorkshire; to Middleton, Durham.
	Authorized by act 57 Geo III, 1817; 16,17 Vic, 1853; and 1854.
	Farrer, William &Curwen, John F (ed): 1923: Records relating to the Barony of Kendale: Wilson, Titus and Son: vol.4 Curwen, John F: 1932: Later Records Relating to North Westmorland or the Barony of Appleby: Wilson, Titus and Son: vol.8

:-	NB: I have not made a systematic search for turnpike acts.

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