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road, Keswick to Carlisle
Keswick to Carlisle
Carlisle to Keswick
locality:-   Keswick
civil parish:-   Keswick (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   route
locality:-   Carlisle
civil parish:-   Carlisle (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   route
route parts:-    Keswick to Cockermouth, as far as Bassenthwaite
 Bassenthwaite to Bothel
 Cockermouth to Carlisle, from Bothel
route parts:-   alternative route 
 Keswick to Cockermouth, as far as Bassenthwaite
 Bassenthwaite to Red Dial
 Cockermouth to Carlisle, from Red Dial
evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
double line, solid or dotted, with a dot or milestone and number at 1 mile intervals, tinted red; turnpike road 
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item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 319-320 
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 555-556  "CARLISLE to Ireby."
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page 557-558  "At Uldale, on l. a T.R. to Keswick."
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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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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bold line; 'Principal Travelling Roads' 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   old map:- Hall 1820 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Sidney Hall, published by S Leigh, 18 Strand, London, 1820-31.
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single line, solid; minor road; Keswick, HIghside, Up Welton, Hawksdale, Dalston, Carlisle 
item:-  JandMN : 91
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"K to C 27 Ms."
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"K to C 27 Ms."
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item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old itinerary:- Johnson 1908 (Roads/Cum) 
source data:-   Itinerary, Route 42 in Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, Kendal to Carlisle, through The Lakes, by Claude Johnson, edited by Lord Montagu, published by The Car Illustrated, 168 Piccadilly, London, 1908.
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pp.85-88 in the road book, Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, vol.3. 
printed at beginning, p.85:-  "ROUTE 42. / KENDAL via the Lakes, Windermere (8¼), Grasmere (17), Dunmail Raise (20¼), Thirlmere, Keswick (30), Bothel (42¾), to CARLISLE (61¼)."
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item:-  private collection : 268.12
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evidence:-   old itinerary:- Johnson 1908 (Roads/Cum) 
source data:-   Itinerary, Route 42 reverse in Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, Carlisle to Kendal, through The Lakes, by Claude Johnson, edited by Lord Montagu, published by The Car Illustrated, 168 Piccadilly, London, 1908.
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pp.89-92 in the road book, Roads Made Easy by Picture and Pen, vol.3. 
printed at beginning, p.89:-  "ROUTE 42. Reverse. / CARLISLE through the Lakes via Bothel (18½), Keswick (31¼), Thirlmere, Dunmail Raise (41), Grasmere (44¼), Windermere (53) to KENDAL (61¼)."
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item:-  private collection : 268.13
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evidence:-   gradient diagram:- Watson 1912
source data:-   Gradient diagram, black and white halftone, roads from Keswick, Cumberland, in a guide book, Keswick on Derwentwater, published by George Watson, after 1913.
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item:-  Keswick Museum : 2145.5
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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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"248. - CARLISLE TO KESWICK."
item:-  Hampshire Museums : B1990.161.4
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places:-  
NY20373631 fingerpost, Bewaldeth and Snittlegarth (Bewaldeth and Snittlegarth)
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