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Keighley and Kendal Turnpike, the Glossary

The Keighley and Kendal Turnpike was a road built in 1753 by a turnpike trust between Keighley in the West Riding of Yorkshire and Kendal in Westmorland, England.^[1]

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Act of parliament

An act of parliament, as a form of primary legislation, is a text of law passed by the legislative body of a jurisdiction (often a parliament or council).

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Addingham

Addingham (formerly Haddincham, Odingehem 1086)Mills, A. D.

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Agricultural lime

Agricultural lime, also called aglime, agricultural limestone, garden lime or liming, is a soil additive made from pulverized limestone or chalk.

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Ashlar

Ashlar is a cut and dressed stone, worked using a chisel to achieve a specific form, typically rectangular in shape.

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Bradford

Bradford is a city in West Yorkshire, England.

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A cart or dray (Australia and New Zealand) is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by draught animals such as horses, donkeys, mules and oxen, or even smaller animals such as goats or large dogs.

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Clapham, North Yorkshire

Clapham is a village in the civil parish of Clapham cum Newby in the former Craven District of North Yorkshire, England.

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Coach (carriage)

A coach is a large, closed, four-wheeled, passenger-carrying vehicle or carriage usually drawn by two or more horses controlled by a coachman, a postilion, or both.

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Colne

Colne is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England.

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Common carrier

A common carrier in common law countries (corresponding to a public carrier in some civil law systems,Encyclopædia Britannica CD 2000 "Civil-law public carrier" from "carriage of goods" usually called simply a carrier) is a person or company that transports goods or people for any person or company and is responsible for any possible loss of the goods during transport.

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Contract

A contract is an agreement that specifies certain legally enforceable rights and obligations pertaining to two or more parties.

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Court of quarter sessions

The courts of quarter sessions or quarter sessions were local courts that were traditionally held at four set times each year in the Kingdom of England from 1388; they were extended to Wales following the Laws in Wales Act 1535.

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Craven in the Domesday Book

The extent of the medieval district of Craven, in the north of England is a matter of debate. Keighley and Kendal Turnpike and Craven in the Domesday Book are history of Lancashire and history of Yorkshire.

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Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe (born Daniel Foe; 1660 – 24 April 1731) was an English novelist, journalist, merchant, pamphleteer and spy.

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Drovers' road

A drovers' road, drove road, droveway, or simply a drove, is a route for droving livestock on foot from one place to another, such as to market or between summer and winter pasture (see transhumance).

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Droving

Droving is the practice of walking livestock over long distances.

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Exeter

Exeter is a cathedral city and the county town of Devon, South West England.

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Feudalism

Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was a combination of legal, economic, military, cultural, and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe from the 9th to 15th centuries.

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Gargrave

Gargrave is a large village and civil parish in the former Craven District of North Yorkshire, England.

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George II of Great Britain

George II (George Augustus; Georg August; 30 October / 9 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 (O.S.) until his death in 1760.

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Gig (carriage)

A gig is a light, two-wheeled open carriage with large wheels, a forward facing seat, and shafts for a single horse.

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Giggleswick

Giggleswick, a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, lies on the B6480 road, less than north-west of the town of Settle and divided from it by the River Ribble.

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Guild

A guild is an association of artisans and merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular territory.

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Halifax, Nova Scotia

Halifax (Scottish-Gaelic: Halafacs or An Àrd-Bhaile) is the capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada.

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Hay

Hay is grass, legumes, or other herbaceous plants that have been cut and dried to be stored for use as animal fodder, either for large grazing animals raised as livestock, such as cattle, horses, goats, and sheep, or for smaller domesticated animals such as rabbits and guinea pigs.

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Hellifield

Hellifield is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

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Ingleton, North Yorkshire

Ingleton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

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Intersection (road)

An intersection or an at-grade junction is a junction where two or more roads converge, diverge, meet or cross at the same height, as opposed to an interchange, which uses bridges or tunnels to separate different roads.

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Juncaceae

Juncaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the rush family.

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Keighley

Keighley is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England.

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Kendal

Kendal, once Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England.

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Kildwick

Kildwick, or Kildwick-in-Craven, is a village and civil parish of the district of Craven in North Yorkshire, England.

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Kirkby Lonsdale

Kirkby Lonsdale is a town and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England, on the River Lune.

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Knaresborough

Knaresborough is a market and spa town and civil parish on the River Nidd in North Yorkshire, England.

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Lancashire

Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Leeds and Liverpool Canal

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in Northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool.

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List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain, 1750–1754

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the years 1750–1754.

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List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1878

This is a list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in the calendar year 1878 and the session 41 & 42 Vict.

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Local Government Act 1888

The Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41) was an Act of Parliament which established county councils and county borough councils in England and Wales.

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Locomotive Acts

The Locomotive Acts (or Red Flag Acts) were a series of Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom regulating the use of mechanically propelled vehicles on British public highways during the latter part of the 19th century.

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Long Preston

Long Preston is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England, in the Yorkshire Dales.

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Low Mill

Low Mill is a former textile mill in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England.

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Mail coach

A mail coach is a stagecoach that is used to deliver mail.

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Marketplace

A marketplace, market place, or just market, or mart is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods.

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Masonry

Masonry is the craft of building a structure with brick, stone, or similar material, including mortar plastering which are often laid in, bound, and pasted together by mortar.

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Merchandising

Merchandising is any practice which contributes to the sale of products to a retail consumer.

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Merchant

A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Milnthorpe

Milnthorpe is a village, civil parish, and former market town in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England.

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Minutes

Minutes, also known as minutes of meeting (abbreviation MoM), protocols or, informally, notes, are the instant written record of a meeting or hearing.

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Mule

The mule is a domestic equine hybrid between a donkey and a horse.

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Packhorse

A packhorse, pack horse, or sumpter refers to a horse, mule, donkey, or pony used to carry goods on its back, usually in sidebags or panniers.

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Parapet

A parapet is a barrier that is an upward extension of a wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure.

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Peat

Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter.

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Penny

A penny is a coin (pennies) or a unit of currency (pence) in various countries.

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Pig

The pig (Sus domesticus), also called swine (swine) or hog, is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal.

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Post chaise

A post-chaise is a fast carriage for traveling post built in the 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Pound (currency)

Pound is the name of various units of currency.

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Right of way

A right of way (also right-of-way) is a transportation corridor along which people, animals, vehicles, watercraft, or utility lines travel, or the legal status that gives them the right to do so.

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River Aire

The River Aire is a major river in Yorkshire, England, in length.

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Road pricing

Road pricing are direct charges levied for the use of roads, including road tolls, distance or time-based fees, congestion charges and charges designed to discourage the use of certain classes of vehicle, fuel sources or more polluting vehicles.

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Securities lending

In finance, securities lending or stock lending refers to the lending of securities by one party to another.

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Settle, North Yorkshire

Settle is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

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Shilling (British coin)

The British shilling, abbreviated "1s" or "1/-", was a unit of currency and a denomination of sterling coinage worth of one pound, or twelve pence.

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Skipton

Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

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Stagecoach

A stagecoach (also: stage coach, stage, road coach, diligence) is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses.

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Stainforth, North Yorkshire

Stainforth is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England.

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Steeton, West Yorkshire

Steeton is a village in the City of Bradford metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England.

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Stonemasonry

Stonemasonry or stonecraft is the creation of buildings, structures, and sculpture using stone as the primary material.

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Tax exemption

Tax exemption is the reduction or removal of a liability to make a compulsory payment that would otherwise be imposed by a ruling power upon persons, property, income, or transactions.

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Tollhouse

A tollhouse or toll house is a building with accommodation for a toll collector, beside a tollgate on a toll road, canal, or toll bridge.

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Trustee

Trustee (or the holding of a trusteeship) is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, is a synonym for anyone in a position of trust and so can refer to any individual who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility for the benefit of another.

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Turnpike trust

Turnpike trusts were bodies set up by individual acts of Parliament, with powers to collect road tolls for maintaining the principal roads in Britain from the 17th but especially during the 18th and 19th centuries. Keighley and Kendal Turnpike and Turnpike trust are Turnpike roads in the United Kingdom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keighley_and_Kendal_Turnpike

Also known as Keighley and Kendal Turnpike Trust, Yorkshire and Westmorland Roads Act 1753.

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See also

Transport in Cumbria

Transport in Yorkshire

Turnpike roads in the United Kingdom

References