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place:- toll gate, Clifton
locality:- Clifton
parish Clifton parish, once in Westmorland
county:- Cumbria
toll gate
coordinates:- NY534266
10Km square:- NY52

1Km square NY5326

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.
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page 267-268
Clifton - T.G.
date:- 1802
period:- 19th century, early; 1800s

hearsay A turnpike act, 1753, set up a turnpike from Shap to Eamont Bridge, with a toll gate in Clifton.

Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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