and Ribchester, and over Cam Fell, it was wide. It was used by Medieval wool traders until its re-use for the turnpike. By the 1750s, only the section from Bainbridge to Ingleton still survived from the original Roman Road, and it is believed it went further south west towards Low Bentham. In 1795, the section of Cam High Road was abandoned as part of the turnpike and an alternative route was driven over the moors from the then hamlet of Hawes through Widdale to meet the turnpike at a place called Gearstones. This was a gentler route, although uphill to Newby Head from both directions, the ascent was lower than that of Cam Fell and Wether Fell at . This diversion accelerated the demise of Askrigg as a market town and meant a prosperous growth in Hawes which also became the place of coaching inns and hostelries. Newby Head used to have a drovers' inn located there (now a farmhouse) and when the turnpike traffic was diverted this way, it took on a more demanding role, with the inn at Gearstones, becoming less utilised. From Gearstones, the route uses the B6255 (the entire route from Hawes to Ingleton is now this road) and the turnpike passed under the Settle-Carlisle railway between Ribblehead station and Ribblehead Viaduct, before crossing into Doedale to go into Ingleton. At Chapel-le-Dale, the old Roman Road crosses to the north bank of the River Doe, and follows the river and the B6255 south westwards into Ingleton. The original Roman Road went due south to Bentham and beyond, but the turnpike headed westwards towards Wray and Farleton, where there was a tollhouse where the route joins the now A683 road. The road then continued on pre-existing trackways through Caton, Quernmore and Brookhouse, all on the south side of the River Lune, until it reached Lancaster. Settlements (from east to west original 1751 road) Brompton-on-Swale♦ (a junction with the Great North Road) Richmond♦ Redmire♦ (east of the village) Carperby♦ (at Ballowfield) Nappa Askrigg♦ Bainbridge♦ Hawes♦ Gearstones Ribblehead Chapel-le-Dale Ingleton♦ Benton (Bentham) Wray Farleton♦ Claughton Cayton (Caton) Quernmore Brookhouse Lancaster (1755 extension) Piercebridge Aldbrough St John Melsonby Gilling West ♦ The location was known to have possessed a tollbar or toll collection point. Connections At the eastern end in Brompton-on-Swale, the road connected into the Great North Road and was furnished with a tollhouse for this purpose. Another turnpike