Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Blackhow Bridge, Cleator
	Blackhow Bridge
site name:-	Ehen, River
locality:-	Cleator
civil parish:-	Cleator Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	bridge
coordinates:-	NY01661340
1Km square:-	NY0113
10Km square:-	NY01
evidence:-	old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 67 16)  placename:-  Mains 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.
evidence:-	old map:- Saxton 1579
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. Sax9NX91.jpg item:-  private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	probably old map:- Jansson 1646
source data:-	Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646. JAN3NY01.jpg Double line crossing the stream.  item:-  JandMN : 88 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
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. MD12NY01.jpg Double line over a stream, near Dent Hill.  item:-  JandMN : 90 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	probably old map:- Bell 1892 placename:-  Cleator West Bridge
source data:-	Map, colour lithograph, Road Map of Cumberland, by George Joseph Bell, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, printed by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892. BEL9NY01.jpg "CLEATOR EAST &WEST" bridge symbol    Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges  item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38 Image © Carlisle Library

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