Old Cumbria Gazetteer - toll gates and turnpikes, Cumbria: Act of Parliament

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toll gates and turnpikes, Cumbria

toll gates and turnpikes, Cumbria: Act of Parliament

Acts for New Turnpikes

The following list includes acts for new turnpikes not renewals or consolidations; as given in Albert 1972.


1743	Bowes - Borough-under-Stainmore	16 Geo II c.3
1750	Egremont - Salthouse	23 Geo II c.40
1751	Carlisle - Newcastle	24 Geo II c.25
1753	Penrith - Chalk Beck etc	26 Geo II c.1
1753	Carlisle - Penrith - Eamont Bridge	26 Geo II c.4
1753	Carlisle - Workington	26 Geo II c.13
1753	Hyning Syke - Kirkby in Kendal - Eamont Bridge	26 Geo II c.16
1753	Brough - Eamont Bridge	26 Geo II c.31
1753	Keighley - Kirkby in Kendal	26 Geo II c.50
1761	Appleby - Kirkby in Kendal etc	1 Geo III c.43
1762	Hasket - Cockermouth - Keswick - Kirkby in Kendal	2 Geo III c.81
1762	Kirkby in Kendal - Sedbergh etc	2 Geo III c.83
1763	Kirkby in Kendal - Kirkby Ireleth	3 Geo III c.33
1767	Carlisle - Skillbeck	7 Geo III c.83
1778	Hesham - Alston	18 Geo III c.116
1794	Bartry Ford - Burnstones	34 Geo III c.125
1794	Lyne Bridge - Scotch Dyke	34 Geo III c.143
1797	Milnthorpe - Kirkby Lonsdale	37 Geo III c.165
1806	Carlisle - Westleton	46 Geo III c.53
1807	Brampton - Longtown	47 Geo III c.15
1812	Broughton - Penrith	52 Geo III c.122
1817	Broughton under Stainmore - Ronaldkirk	57 Geo III c.45
1818	Ulverstone - Heversham	58 Geo III c.70
1824	Carlisle - Cockermouth	5 Geo IV c.7
1825	Kirkby Stephen - Gayale	6 Geo IV c.12
1825	Cockermouth - Wigton	6 Geo IV c.85
1828	Carlisle - Brampton	9 Geo IV c.20

Albert, William: 1972: Turnpike Road System in England 1663-1840: Cambridge University Press:: ISBN 0 521 08221 8

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