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| Bowston Bridge, Bowston | ||
| Bowston Bridge | ||
| site name:- | Kent, River | |
| locality:- | Bowston | |
| civil parish:- | Strickland Ketel (formerly Westmorland) | |
| civil parish:- | Strickland Roger (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | bridge | |
| coordinates:- | SD49879661 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD4996 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD49 | |
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 BLV94.jpg (taken 15.4.2006)  BLV95.jpg Evidence of widening can be seen underneath. (taken 15.4.2006) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 11) placename:- Bowston 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:- | perhaps old map:- Saxton 1579 |
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| 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. Sax9SD49.jpg item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) |
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| 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. SP14SD49.jpg double line across the Kent, bridge item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jansson 1646 |
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| 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. JAN3SD49.jpg Double line crossing the stream. item:- JandMN : 88 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Sanson 1679 |
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| 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. click to enlargeSAN2Cm.jpg double line over a stream; bridge item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | probably old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd) |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles
to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694. click to enlargeSEL7.jpg two lines cross a stream; bridge item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) |
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| 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. MD10SD49.jpg Double line over the Kent NW of Burneside. item:- JandMN : 24 Image © see bottom of page |
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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. J5SD59NW.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. CY24SD59.jpg road across a stream; bridge over the Kent item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Otley 1818 |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes,
Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to
1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies,
Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick,
Cumberland, et al, 1833. OT02SD49.jpg Implied by a road across the Kent N of Burneside. item:- JandMN : 48.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Bowston Bridge |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "BOWSTON BRIDGE / / / STRICKLAND KETEL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76420 / SD4987096609" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Bridge, probably C17, later widened on North side. Roughly coursed rubble with protruding through stones, stone copings and voussoirs. 2 arches with central pier and cutwaters to both upstream and downstream sides. Landscape value. See also RCHM p.220." |
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