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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)  
photograph
BLV95.jpg  Evidence of widening can be seen underneath.
(taken 15.4.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 11) 
placename:-  Bowston 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:-   perhaps 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.
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Sax9SD49.jpg
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) 
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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SP14SD49.jpg
double line across the Kent, bridge 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   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.
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JAN3SD49.jpg
Double line crossing the stream. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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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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SAN2Cm.jpg
double line over a stream; bridge 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-   probably 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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SEL7.jpg
two lines cross a stream; bridge 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
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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MD10SD49.jpg
Double line over the Kent NW of Burneside. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
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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J5SD59NW.jpg
double line, road, across a stream; bridge 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
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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CY24SD59.jpg
road across a stream; bridge over the Kent 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
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.
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OT02SD49.jpg
Implied by a road across the Kent N of Burneside. 
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Bowston Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BOWSTON BRIDGE / / / STRICKLAND KETEL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76420 / SD4987096609"
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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