General view of the agriculture of the county of Northumberland ; with observations on ... its improvement / Drawn up for ... the Board of Agriculture.

  • John Bailey
Date:
1805
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Credit: General view of the agriculture of the county of Northumberland ; with observations on ... its improvement / Drawn up for ... the Board of Agriculture. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    25(? CHAP. XV. POLITICAL ECONOMY. SECT. I. ROADS. THE roads are in general very good, both parochial and turnpikes, except the road from Carlisle to New- castle ; some parts of which are very bad, and very different to what the same road is, immediately on en- tering Northumberland. ^ The materials are excellent *, in general lime-stone ; but in almost every Instance not broken small enough by one-half. If these hard stones were broken so small as to pass through a ring two inches in diameter, and the roads made wider, and flat, or very nearly so, few coun- ties in the kingdom would be able to vie with Cumber- land for excellent roads. SECT. II. CANALS. There are no canals in this county : In 1795, one was projc(fl:ed from Maryport, by Carlisle, to Newcastle, but did not take place, owing to a difference of opinion, whether the .canal from Newcastle should pass on the north or south side of Tyne. /
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