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Newby Bridge, Newby Bridge
Newby Bridge
site name:-   Leven, River
locality:-   Newby Bridge
civil parish:-   Staveley-in-Cartmel (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Colton (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Windermere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   SD36918636
1Km square:-   SD3686
10Km square:-   SD38

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BJR22.jpg (taken 5.8.2005)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 41 6) 
placename:-  Newby Bridge
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
OS County Series (Lan 8 14) 
evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  New Bridge
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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"New bridge"
Over River Leven at foot of Windermere. 
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Newe Bridge
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Newe Bridge"
double line across the Leven 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Sanson 1679
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about 9.5 miles to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679.
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double line over a stream; bridge 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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two lines cross a stream; bridge 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Newbridge
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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"Newbridge"
Double line over a stream. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  New Bidge
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
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"New Bidge"
Double line over a stream. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Defoe 1724-26
placename:-  North Bridge
source data:-   Tour through England and Wales, by Daniel Defoe, published in parts, London, 1724-26.
"The great Winander Mere, ... extends it self on the west side [of Westmorland] for twelve miles and more, reckoning from North Bridge on the south, where it contracts it self again into a river ..."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
placename:-  North Bridge
source data:-   Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.
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Page 1021:-  "It [Winander Mere] extends itself like a Sea on the West Side from North-bridge on the South, where it contracts itself again into a River to Gresmere North."
evidence:-   probably old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  New Bridge
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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"New Bridge"
Nothing is marked. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Bewby Bridge
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
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Page 26, footnote:-  "... from Kendal to the above-named Bewby-bridge (sic) ... is about 13 miles. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) 
placename:-  Newby Bridge
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819.
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"Newby Bridge"
double line over the River Leven 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
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evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Newby Bridge
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 152:-  "... Newby Bridge, where is ... an handsome stone bridge across the stream which flows from the Lake ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere S) 
placename:-  Newbery Bridge
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Southern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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Labelling a road:-  "To NEWBERY BRIDGE"
item:-  private collection : 10.11
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evidence:-   old print:- Wilkinson 1810 (plate 10) 
placename:-  Newby Bridge
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Newby Bridge, foot of Winandermere, Lancashire, by Joseph Wilkinson, engraved by William Frederick Wells, published by R Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London, 1810.
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Plate 10 in Select Views in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "Revd. Jos: Wilkenson delt. / W. F. Wells sc. / Newby bridge, foot of Winandermere. / Published Sepr. 1. 1810. by R. Ackermann. 101. Strand. London."
item:-  Fell and Rock Climbing Club : MN4.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Newby Bridge
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Newby Bridge"
Road across stream. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Newby Bridge
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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"Newby Bridge"
road crosses stream 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Payn 1867
placename:-  Newby Bridge
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Newby Bridge, Staveley-in-Cartmel, Lancashire, by T L Aspland, published by J Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1867.
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On p.18 of The Lakes in Sunshine, text by James Payn. 
item:-  Fell and Rock Climbing Club : 184.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
placename:-  Newby Bridge
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.
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"Newby Bridge"
double line over a stream 
item:-  private collection : 133.1
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Newby Bridge, on the River Leven, Staveley-in-Cartmel, Lancashire, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS586
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  reflections
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Newby Bridge, River Leven, Staveley-in-Cartmel, Lancashire, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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stamped on reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS315
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evidence:-   old print:- Heaton Cooper 1905 (edn 1908) 
placename:-  Newby Bridge
source data:-   Print, colour halftone, A Misty Morning, Newby Bridge, Staveley-in-Cartmel, Lancashire, from a watercolour painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 2nd edn 1908.
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Frontispiece to The English Lakes, painted by Alfred Heaton Cooper, described by William T Palmer. 
printed at tissue opposite the print:-  "A MISTY MORNING, NEWBY BRIDGE, WINDERMERE"
printed at signed lower left:-  "[A HEATON COOPER]"
item:-  JandMN : 468.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Heaton Cooper 1905 (edn 1908) 
placename:-  Newby Bridge
source data:-   Print, colour halftone, Swan Inn, Newby Bridge, Staveley-in-Cartmel, Lancashire, from a watercolour painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 2nd edn 1908.
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Opposite p.12 of The English Lakes, painted by Alfred Heaton Cooper, described by William T Palmer. 
printed at tissue opposite the print:-  "SWAN INN, NEWBY BRIDGE, WINDERMERE"
printed at signed lower left:-  "[A HEATON COOPER]"
item:-  JandMN : 468.4
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evidence:-   illustration:- LNWR 1910
source data:-   Print, colour lithograph? Newby Bridge, Windermere, from a painting by R T Roussel, published by the London and North Western Railway, LNWR, about 1910.
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Included in the guide book, The English Lakes, published by the London and North Western Railway about 1910. 

Roussel, R T, 1910item:-  JandMN : 49.4
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Newby Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"NEWBY BRIDGE / / / STAVELEY IN CARTMEL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 421934 / SD3690186359"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Bridge over river Leven. Date uncertain, repaired in C17. Stone rubble with limestone coping. Long narrow bridge with 5 segmental arches stepped up to centre, triangular cutwaters between rise to form refuges to both sides."
evidence:-   old print:- Pearson 1900s
placename:-  Newby Bridge
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Newby Bridge, Foot of Windermere, Staveley-in-Cartmel, Lancashire, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.
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On p.37 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. 
printed at bottom:-  "NEWBY BRIDGE, FOOT OF WINDERMERE. (p.40)."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1188.24
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hearsay:-  
 Built 1652, replacing a wooden bridge.
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