Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Shap to Penrith
	other name:-	Penrith to Shap
	parish	Shap parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Shap Rural parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Thrimby parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Lowther parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Clifton parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Yanwath and Eamont Bridge parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Penrith town, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		route; road
	10Km square:-	NY51
	10Km square:-	NY52
	10Km square:-	NY53
	suffix:-	StoP
	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.
		... At Shap we are not far from Lowther Castle, Lord Lonsdale's seat, which is to the left of the road. At Clifton, farther along, is one of the peel towers which were considered an indispensable adjunct to any house of importance during the troublous times of Border raids. ... Beyond here the grand old fortress of Brougham Castle, partly Norman, is to the right, while on the other side is soon passed the prehistoric earthwork called King Arthur's Round Table. The Eamont River is crossed by a fifteenth-century bridge and the climb beyond carries us into Cumberland.
		Penrith is now close ahead, ...
	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.
		S to P 11 Ms.
	county:-	Westmoreland
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	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:-
		... near Penrith, the country imperceptibly exchanges its savage character for pleasurable views of cultivation and fertility. ...
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	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
		Kendal to Penrith 26
		double line, dotted
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
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		Double line.
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1746
	period:-	18th century, early; 1740s
	old map:-	Bowen 1720 (plate 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
	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.]
		part of reverse route
		page 281-282
		At Lowther Bridge, on l. a T.R. to Kendal.
		page 733-734
		At Penrith, on l. a T.R. to Kendal.
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	milestones
	mapping:-	milestone, Shap milestone, Lowther (2) milestone, Thrimby milestone, Lowther milestone, Clifton (2) milestone, Clifton
	places
	mapping:-	Shap Clifton Lowther Bridge, Yanwath etc Eamont Bridge bridge, Yanwath etc Penrith
	route segments
	mapping:-	R001m272R001m277R001m282
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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