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road, Cockermouth to Abbey Town
Cockermouth to Abbey Town
Abbey Town to Cockermouth
civil parish:-   Cockermouth (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Blindcrake (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Plumbland (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Aspatria (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Westnewton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Holme St Cuthbert (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Holme Abbey (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   road route
10Km square:-   NY13
10Km square:-   NY14
10Km square:-   NY15
SummaryText:-   Unlikely route found on Cary 1787 (Cmd) copied by Cooke 1802 (Cmd)

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, narrower, solid or dotted with a dot and number at 1 mile intervals; road 
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item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
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evidence:-   road map:- Cary 1790 (Cmd/edn 1789) 
source data:-   Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 15 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 1790, edn 1789.
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double line 
item:-  JandMN : 419
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooke 1802
source data:-   Map, Cumberland, scale about 15.5 miles to 1 inch, by George Cooke, 1802, bound in Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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double line, light dark solid; road 
item:-  Hampshire Museums : FA2000.62.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Stree, Soho, London, 1810.
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double line, light bold; 'Turnpike Road' 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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places:-    Cockermouth
 Plumbland
 Aspatria
 Westnewton
 Pelutho, Holme St Cuthbert
 Abbey Town, Holme Abbey

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