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road, Ambleside to Penrith
Ambleside to Penrith
Penrith to Ambleside
locality:-   Ambleside
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   route
locality:-   Penrith
civil parish:-   Penrith (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   route

route parts:-    Ambleside to Kirkstone Pass
 Kirkstone Pass to Patterdale
 Patterdale to Penrith

evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
source data:-   Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.
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Lw18.jpg
"[ ] to P 9 m. / P to P 14 Ms."
dotted line; 'Cross Roads' 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   old strip map:- Geographia 1925
source data:-   Road book, with road strip maps and gradient diagrams, Premier Road Book of Great Britain, by Alexander Gross and F Waite-Browne, published by Geographia, 55 Fleet Street, London, about 1925?
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"Route 243. - PENRITH TO WINDERMERE."
item:-  Hampshire Museums : B1990.161.4
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