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Bridge End, Longsleddale
Bridge End
locality:-   Longsleddale
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY51050098
1Km square:-   NY5100
10Km square:-   NY50


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BTZ43.jpg (taken 1.2.2011)  
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CBC33.jpg (taken 11.7.2014)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 4) 
placename:-  Bridge End
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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"Bridge End"

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 4) 
placename:-  Bridge End
source data:-   County Series map, Westmorland sheet 33 4, part of Longsleddale, Westmorland, scale 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, about 1890s?
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BNJ85.jpg
item:-  private collection : 55
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evidence:-   census returns:- 
placename:-  Bridgend
placename:-  Bridge End

 old parish registers (formerly )

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Bridge End
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.
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"Bridge End"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Bridge End
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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"Bridge End"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Hodgson 1828
placename:-  Bridge End
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 4 sheets mounted together on linen and rolled, Plan of the County of Westmorland, scale about 1.25 inches to 1 mile, by Thomas Hodgson, engraved by W R Gardner, Harpur Street, London, published by Thomas Hodgson, Lancaster, and perhaps by C Smith, 172 Strand, London,1828.
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map courtesy of Mark Cropper
"Bridge End"
item:-  private collection : 371
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 Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836

evidence:-   old map:- OS 1881-82 New Series (outline edition) 
placename:-  Bridge End
source data:-   Map, engraving, area north of Kendal, Westmorland, New Series one inch map, outline edition, sheet 39, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1881-82.
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"Bridge End"
item:-  JandMN : 61
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evidence:-   textbook:- EPNS Westmorland 1967
source data:-   Book, The Place Names of Westmorland, two volumes, by A H Smith, published for the English Place Name Society by Cambridge University Press, Cambridgeshire, 1967

 census records

 directory entries

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Bridge End Farm
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BRIDGE END FARMHOUSE / / / LONGSLEDDALE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76403 / NY5104600976"

evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
placename:-  Bridge End
source data:-   Map series, various editions with the national grid, scale about 6 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s, then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on demand from digital data.
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"Bridge End"

evidence:-   shepherds guide:- Walker 1817
placename:-  Bridge End
source data:-   Shepherds guide, The Shepherd's Guides or a Delineation of the Wool and Ear Marks on the Different Stocks of Sheep ..., in Westmorland, by Joseph Walker, printed by W Stephen, Penrith, Cumberland, 1817.
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courtesy of George Akrigg
"No.8 - WILLIAM WILSON, Bridge-end:"
"Cropped near ear, a red mark under the near ridge, and a pop on the far ribs."
item:-  private collection : 91
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BIQ26.jpg (taken 22.4.2004)  
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BIQ16.jpg (taken 22.4.2004)  
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BJI95.jpg (taken 11.3.2005)  
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BIQ19.jpg (taken 22.4.2004)  

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