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Brathay Bridge, Clappersgate
Brathay Bridge
site name:-   Brathay, River
locality:-   Clappersgate
locality:-   Brathay
civil parish:-   Skelwith (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY36670344
1Km square:-   NY3603
10Km square:-   NY30

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BNL12.jpg (taken 26.3.2007)  
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BNL13.jpg  The underside shows evidence of at least two widenings.
(taken 26.3.2007)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 2 2) 
placename:-  Brathay 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:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Brathay Bridge
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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J5NY30SE.jpg
"Brathay B."
double line, road, across a stream; bridge 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819.
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CT9NY30R.jpg
double line crossing River Brathay from Clappersgate 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere N) 
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Northern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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CLANY30R.jpg
item:-  private collection : 10.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Braythy Bridge
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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CY24NY30.jpg
"Braythy Br."
road across a stream; bridge over the Brathay 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old print:- Farington 1789
placename:-  Brathay Bridge
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Brathay Bridge, near Ambleside, Westmorland, drawn by Joseph Farington, engraved by W Byrne and T Medland, published by William Byrne, 79 Titchfield Street, London, 1787.
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printed, top right  "No.X"
printed, bottom left, right, centre  "Drawn by Josh. Farington R.A. / Engraved by W. Byrne &T. Medland. / BRATHAY BRIDGE, near AMBLESIDE. / London: Published as the Act directs, 15 March 1787, by W. Byrne, No.79, Titchfield Street."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6668.10
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evidence:-   old print:- Wilkinson 1810 (plate 14) 
placename:-  Brathay Bridge
item:-  fishing
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Brathay Bridge, near Ambleside, Lancashire, by Joseph Wilkinson, engraved by William Frederick Wells, published by R Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London, 1810.
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Plate 14 in Select Views in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "Revd. Jos: Wilkenson delt. / W. F. Wells sc. / Brathay-bridge, near Ambleside. / Published Decr. 1. 1810. by R. Ackermann. 101. Strand. London."
item:-  Fell and Rock Climbing Club : MN4.14
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, Brathay Bridge, Clappersgate, Skelwith, Lancashire, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1847.
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"Brathay"
page number  "70"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.488.80
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, stereo photo, Brathay Bridge, Clappersgate, Skelwith, Lancashire, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1900s?
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HB0973.jpg
ms at mount:-  "Brathay Bridge"
printed at rev of mount:-  "Herbert Bell / Ambleside."
item:-  Armitt Library : 2005.153
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Brathay Bridge over the River Brathay, Skelwith, Lancashire, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0872.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS543
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  snow
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, Brathay Bridge in winter, Clappersgate, Skelwith, Lancashire/Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0414.jpg
internegative at lower right:-  "H. Bell."
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS68
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Brathay Bridge, Clappersgate, Skelwith, Lancashire/Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0413.jpg
internegative at lower left:-  "H. Bell"
stamped at reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS67
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Brathay Bridge, Clappersgate, Skelwith, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0192.jpg
stamped at rev:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS4
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, stereo photo, Brathay Bridge, Clappersgate, Skelwith, Lancashire, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1900s?
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HB0973.jpg
ms at mount:-  "Brathay Bridge"
printed at rev of mount:-  "Herbert Bell / Ambleside."
item:-  Armitt Library : 2005.153
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Brathay Bridge over the River Brathay, Skelwith, Lancashire, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0872.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS543
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  snow
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, Brathay Bridge in winter, Clappersgate, Skelwith, Lancashire/Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0414.jpg
internegative at lower right:-  "H. Bell."
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS68
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Brathay Bridge, Clappersgate, Skelwith, Lancashire/Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0413.jpg
internegative at lower left:-  "H. Bell"
stamped at reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS67
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Brathay Bridge, Clappersgate, Skelwith, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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HB0192.jpg
stamped at rev:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS4
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evidence:-   old print:- Bemrose 1881
placename:-  Brathay Bridge
source data:-   Print, uncoloured, Brathay Bridge, Clappersgate, Skelwith, Lancashire, published by Bemrose and Sons, 23 Old Bailey, London and Derby, by A B Moss, Carlisle, Cumberland, and by T Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, about 1881.
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BEM112.jpg
On p.51 of a Handy Guide to the English Lakes and Shap Spa. 
printed at bottom:-  "BRATHAY BRIDGE."
item:-  JandMN : 455.14
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evidence:-   old print:- Philip/Wilson 1890s
placename:-  Brathay Bridge
source data:-   Print, engraving, Brathay Bridge ie Skelwith Bridge, published by George Philip and Son, London, Philip, Son and Nephew, Liverpool, Lancashire, and Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, about 1895.
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"BRATHAY BRIDGE."
"... whence it is 3 miles to Ambleside by way of Brathay Bridge."
item:-  JandMN : 58.19
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evidence:-   old print:- Bogg 1898
placename:-  Brathay Bridge
source data:-   Print, engraving, Brathay Bridge, Clappersgate, Skelwith, Westmorland, by P M Teesdale, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.
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BGG163.jpg
Included on p.176 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg. 
item:-  JandMN : 231.63
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evidence:-   old print:- Adams 1852
placename:-  Brathay Bridge
source data:-   Print, engraving, Brathay Bridge, by F G Delamotte, published by W J Adams, 59 Fleet Street, London, 1852.
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Frontispiece to Adams's Pocket Descriptive Guide to the Lake District. 
printed at lower left:-  "[ ] DELAMOTTE"
printed at bottom:-  "BRATHAY BRIDGE."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1117.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Sylvan 1847
placename:-  Brathay Bridge
source data:-   Print, engraving, Brathay Bridge, Clappersgate, Lancashire and Westmorland, published by John Johnstone, Paternoster Row, London, et al, 1847.
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SYL124.jpg
On p.73 of Sylvan's Pictorial Guide to the English Lakes. 
printed at bottom:-  "BRATHAY BRIDGE."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1201.24
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evidence:-   old print:- Cooke c1827
placename:-  Brathay Bridge
source data:-   Print, engraving, Brathay Bridge, Skelwith, Lancashire, engraved by J and H S Storer, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1827?
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Part of the frontispiece to The Tourist's and Traveller's Companion to the Lakes, by Charles Cooke. 
printed at bottom:-  "Brathay Bridge."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1121.4
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1809
placename:-  Brathay Bridge
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Brathay Bridge, and the River Brathay, Westmorland and Lancashire, by William Green, published by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster Row, London, 1809.
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Plate 10 in Seventy Eight Studies from Nature. 
printed in introductory pages to set of prints:-  "Number 10. The river Brathay separates Lancashire and Westmoreland; and Brathay Bridge lies in the western extremnity of Clappersgate, on the Hawkshead road."
printed at bottom:-  "BRATHAY BRIDGE / Pub. Ambleside, Augst. 1st. 1809, by W. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6637.10
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evidence:-   old print with text:- Farington 1789 (plate 10) 
placename:-  Brathay Bridge
source data:-   Print, engraving, Brathay Bridge, near Ambleside, Lakes, Cumbria, painted by Joseph Farington, engraved by W Byrne and T Medland, published by W Byrne, 69 Titchfield Street, London, 1787.
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From the lower side of the bridge, across which a packhorse is being led. 
Plate 10 from Views of the Lakes, &c, in Cumberland and Westmorland, published 1789; with descriptive text:-  "BRATHAY BRIDGE NEAR AMBLESIDE."
"IT has been already remarked in the preceding set that this country derives no inconsiderable advantage in respect of beauty from the form of it's buildings and bridges. The present view is selected principally with design of illustrating and confirming the observation. The scene itself lies upon the road leading from Ambleside to Hawkshead about a mile distant from the former place. It can hardly fail to attract the notice of the admirer of landscape and has not unfrequently called into exercise the powers of the artist. The long lines and flat roofs so much admired in the Italian buildings are peculiarly striking. The houses form a part of the village of Clappersgate. Lancashire is separated from Westmorland by the Brathay: It soon unites itself with the Rothay, and after a short course they enter Winandermere together. The upper part of the hill remains clear while it's skirts are obscured by cloud. This effect, though common enough among mountains, appears curious to those who have been accustomed only to level country."
item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.13
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BNL14.jpg  Inscribed stone, boundary stone:-
"C.C. BRATHAY BRIDGE. / LANCASHIRE [boundary line] WESTMORLAND" (taken 26.3.2007)  
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