Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Kendal to Shap
	other name:-	Shap to Kendal
	parish	Kendal parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Skelsmergh parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Whitwell and Selside parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Fawcett Forest parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Orton S parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Shap Rural parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Shap parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		route; road
	10Km square:-	SD59
	10Km square:-	NY50
	10Km square:-	NY51
	suffix:-	KtoS
	old map:-	Burrow 1920s
		Road strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, now Cumbria, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.
	date:-	1920=1929
	period:-	1920s
	source:-	Burrow 1920s
		Road strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, now Cumbria, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.
		The eastern route from Kendal to Carlisle calls for less detailed description; the scenery is grand but without the lakes to punctuate the long succession of mountains. This is some of the loneliest country in England, a rare place for deep snowdrifts even in winters that are mild elsewhere. The road climbs Shap Fell to a height of 1,400 feet, with a bog at the top and then a descent to Shap village. ...
	date:-	1920=1929
	period:-	1920s
	old map:-	Garnett 1850s-60s H
		Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
		double line, bold light, major road
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	old map:-	Ford 1839 map
		Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839.
		K to S 16 Ms.
	county:-	Westmoreland
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	source:-	Otley 1818
		The label is descriptive, not a placename, of the low pass by Whatshaw Common, above Hause Foot, on the old road climbing Shap.
		New Map of the District of the Lakes, in Westmorland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, published by J Otley, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1818; pblished 1818 to 1850s.
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	placename:-	Hause
	descriptive text:-	Baker 1802
		Perspective road map with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland, and Cumberland through Kendal and Penrith ending at Carlisle, by J Baker, London 1802.
		pp.25-26:-
		[Kendal] ... another [street] leads by similar distance [half a mile] to cross the river Kent on the eastward, and by means of this latter the post road is continued to Shap. ...
		...
		The road from Kendal to Shap, after passing the fertile vale of the river Ken, shews a vast succession of wide wastes, mountains, and moors, long vales, and broad hollows, that yield the traveller little amusement after the novelty of the first impression. Seats of the Wakefield's and the Blount's adorn the first part of this track.
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	descriptive text:-	West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
		Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
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		Page 173:-
		...
		... to the village of Shap, a proper place for refreshment, before you face Shap-fells, ... [Shap to Kendal]
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		a dreary, melancholy tract of twelve miles. On the east side of the road, soon after you leave the village, observe a double range of
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		huge granites, ... They are supposed to have run quite through the village, and terminated in a point. ...
		There is at a small distance to the east from these stones a spring, called Shap-spaw, in smell and taste like that of Harrowgate, and much frequented by the people of the country for scorbutic complaints, and eruptions of the skin. Leaving this gloomy region of black moors and shapeless mountains behind you, you approach a charming vale, which Mr. Young, in his elegant manner, describes thus:
		'After crossing this dreary tract, the first appearance of a good country is most exquisitely fine; about three miles from Kendal, you
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		at once look down from off this desolate country upon one of the finest landscapes in the world; ...
	date:-	1778
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	old map:-	Kitchin 1767 (plate 40)
		Road book with strip road map maps, Kitchin's Post Chaise Companion, by Thomas Kitchin, published by Robert Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, John Bowles, Cornhill, and Carington Bowles, St Paul's Church Yard, London, 1767.
	date:-	1767
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760
		New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
		double line, dotted
		double line, dotted
		double line, dotted
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
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		Double line; distance number 13.
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		Double line.
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1746
	period:-	18th century, early; 1740s
	old map:-	Bowen 1720 (plates 93 and 94)
		Road book, Britannia Depicta Or Ogilby Improv'd, including road strip maps with sections in Westmorland, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, derived from maps by Ogilby, 1675, and a county map of Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, with text by John Owen, published by Emanuel Bowen, London, 1720; published 1720-64.
	date:-	1720
	period:-	18th century, early; 1720s
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Wmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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		Double line.
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Ogilby 1675
		Road book, Britannia, strip road maps, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland etc, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675; and a general map of England and Wales.
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	date:-	1675
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	old map:-	Speed 1611
		Maps, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, London, 1611; published 1611-1770.
		road N from Cross Bank ie Longpool
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	road book:-	Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
		Road book, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, published by G and J Cary, 86 St James's Street, London, 1798-1828.
		page 267-268
		LONDON, through Manchester and Carlisle, to Port Patrick
		part of
		page 271-272
		[PORT PATRICK to Northampton.]
		in the reverse route
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
		photographs
		Views N on old road.
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- NY53730062 (N) -- 23.3.2007
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- NY53880069 (N) -- 23.3.2007
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- NY54020075 (N) -- 23.3.2007
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- NY54080086 (N) -- 23.3.2007
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- NY54130098 (N) -- 23.3.2007
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- NY54110117 (N) -- 23.3.2007
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- NY55330684 (N) -- 23.3.2007
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- NY55450706 (N) -- 23.3.2007
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- NY56901004 (N) -- 6.10.2006
		photographs
		Views S on old road.
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- NY56490850 (S) -- 6.10.2006
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- NY55450706 (S) -- 23.3.2007
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- NY55330684 (S) -- 23.3.2007
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- NY54110117 (S) -- 23.3.2007
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- NY54130098 (S) -- 23.3.2007
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- NY54080086 (S) -- 23.3.2007
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- NY54020075 (S) -- 23.3.2007
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- NY53880069 (S) -- 23.3.2007
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- NY53730062 (S) -- 23.3.2007
		photographs
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- Waywiser being used to measure along the road. -- 23.6.2008
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- Waywiser. -- 23.6.2008
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- Waywiser. -- 23.6.2008
		Kendal to Shap -- Kendal and Skelsmergh etc -- Cumbria / -- Waywiser, TRUMETER from York Survey Supply Centre. -- 23.6.2008
	milestones
	mapping:-	milestone, Skelsmergh (5) milestone, Skelsmergh (4) milestone, Gateside milestone, Selside milestone, Fawcett Forest (2) milestone, Fawcett Forest milestone, Fawcett Forest (3) milestone, Skelsmergh (2) milestone, Orton S -- on old road, not in same sequencemilestone, Skelsmergh milestone, Skelsmergh (3) milestone, Shap Rural milestone, Shap (5) milestone, Shap (4) -- not in same sequencemilestone, Shap (3)
	places
	mapping:-	Kendal Watchgate, Skelsmergh Forest Hall, Fawcett Forest Hucks Bridge, Fawcett Forest Shap
	route segments
	mapping:-	R001m257R001m262R001m267
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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