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| Belah Bridge, Brough Sowerby | ||
| Belah Bridge | ||
| site name:- | Belah, River | |
| civil parish:- | Brough Sowerby (formerly Westmorland) | |
| civil parish:- | Kaber (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | bridge (old) | |
| coordinates:- | NY79361209 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7912 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY71 | |
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 BLW97.jpg The old bridge, the road is now straightened a little, over a new bridge. (taken 21.4.2006) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 23 7) placename:- Belah Bridge |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) |
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| source data:- | Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1
mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas
Jefferys, London, 1770. J5NY71SE.jpg double line, road, across a stream; bridge item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805. CY24NY71.jpg road across a stream; bridge over the Belah item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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