Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Tollbar Cottage | |
| site name:- | road, Ambleside to Keswick | |
| locality:- | Castlerigg | |
| parish |
Keswick parish, once in
Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| toll gate; toll house; building/s | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY27732323 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY22
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| 1Km square | NY2723 | |
![]() Tollbar Cottage -- road, Ambleside to Keswick -- Castlerigg -- Keswick -- Cumbria / -- 25.5.2007 | ||
| old map (vignette):- |
Burrow 1920s
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| 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. | ||
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| date:- | 1920=1929 | |
| period:- | 1920s | |
| old directory:- |
Jollie 1811
-- probably relevant
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| Scott, John, Brow-top toll-gate | ||
| placename:- | Brow Top Tollgate | |
| date:- | 1811 | |
| period:- | 19th century, early; 1810s | |
| old map:- |
Clarke 1787 map (Der)
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| Map series, lakes and roads to the Lakes, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, London, included in A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, published by James Clarke, Penrith, and in London etc, from 1787 to 1793. | ||
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| Turnpike Gate | ||
| toll house, but no line across the road to Ambleside | ||
| date:- | 1787 | |
| period:- | 18th century, late; 1780s | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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