Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Lancaster to Ulverston
	other name:-	Ulverston to Lancaster
	parish	Ulverston parish, once in Lancashire
	county:-	Cumbria
		road; route
	locality:-	Lancaster
	county:-	Lancashire
		road; route
	descriptive text:-	Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
		Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52.
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		III. LANCASTER TO ULVERSTON, OVER THE SANDS.- 21 MILES.
	placename:-	Lancaster to Ulverston over The Sands
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
		Guidebook, Concise Description of the English Lakes, later A Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirky Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823 onwards.
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		FROM LANCASTER TO ULVERSTON, OVER THE SANDS.
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		To avoid the sands, the crossing of which has in some instances been attended with danger, the more circuitous turnpike road by Milnthorp is now generally preferred.
	placename:-	Lancaster to Ulverston, over the Sands
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	route parts
	mapping:-	road, Lancaster to Hest Bank sands road, Lancaster Sands road, Kents Bank to Sand Gate sands road, Leven Sandsroad, Canal Foot to Ulverston
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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