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 road, Kirkby Stephen to Brough
road, Kirkby Stephen to Brough: 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.
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1 Geo III c.43, 1760  "An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Borough of Appleby in the County of Westmorland, through the Township of Orton, to Kirkby Kendal; and from Orton, to the Turnpike Road near Shapp, and from Highgate near Tebay, in a Part of the Highway between Appleby and Kirkby Kendal, through the Town of Kirkby Steven, to the Town of Market Brough, in the said County."

evidence:-   Act of Parliament:- Turnpike Acts
source data:-   Turnpike Acts, relevant to Westmorland, Cumberland, etc, passed at various dates in the 18th-19th centuries.
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22 Geo III c.111, 1782  "An Act for enlarging the Terms and Powers of an Act, made in the First Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Borough of Appleby, in the County of Westmorland, through the Township of Orton, to Kirkby Kendall; and from Orton to the Turnpike near Shapp, and from Highgate near Tebay, in a Part of the Highway between Appleby and Kirkby Kendall, through the Town of Kirkby Steven, to the Town of Market Brough, in the said County."

evidence:-   Act of Parliament:- Turnpike Acts
source data:-   Turnpike Acts, relevant to Westmorland, Cumberland, etc, passed at various dates in the 18th-19th centuries.
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5 Geo IV c.15, 1824  "An Act for more effectually improving and keeping in Repair the Road from Appleby in the County of Westmorland to Kirkby in Kendal; and from Orton to the Turnpike Road near Shap; and from Highgate near Tebay, through Kirkby Stephen, to Market Brough, in the said County."

notes:-  
from Highgate near Tebay, through Kirkby Stephen to Market Brough, Westmorland.
Authorized by act 1 Geo III, 1760; 22 Geo III; 44 Geo III, 1804; 5 Geo IV, 1825; 13 and 14 Vic, 1850.

Farrer, William &Curwen, John F (ed): 1923: Records relating to the Barony of Kendale: Wilson, Titus and Son: vol.4

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

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