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Derwent Bridge, Cockermouth
Derwent Bridge
site name:-   Derwent, River
Street:-   Bridge Street
locality:-   Cockermouth
civil parish:-   Cockermouth (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY11643071
1Km square:-   NY1130
10Km square:-   NY13

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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 54 4) 
placename:-  Derwent 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:-   probably 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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W of Cockermouth. 
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.
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double across a stream; bridge, over the Derwent at Cockermouth 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 14, Cumberland. 
Road crosses:-  "a Stone bridg over Darwent fluv:"
and meets the River Cocker, no bridge drawn. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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road across the Derwent 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Derwent Bridge
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Derwent Bridge"
bridge over the Dwerent, two arches, cutwaters etc 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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double line across a river; a bridge over the Derwent 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
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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Implied by a road across the stream. 
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
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Page 81:-  "..."
"... The bridge over the Derwent consists of two arches, and is two hundred and seventy feet in length; ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Derwent 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.
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"DERWENT"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Derwent Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"DERWENT BRIDGE / / / COCKERMOUTH / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 71648 / NY1164830712"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"1822. Two segmental spans in tooled masonry, with plain string, over-sailing courses and parapets. Cutwaters are triangular on plan. Carries 2 footpaths and 2 lines of traffic over River Derwent. A simple structure of value to the landscape. Derwent Bridge forms a group with Nos 5 to 19 (odd). Nos 23 to 27 (odd) and Derwent Bridge House, Cote Road."
evidence:-   old print:- Robertson 1911
source data:-   Print, lithograph? The Derwent, seen from John Wordsworth's Terrace, Cockermouth, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911.
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Tipped in opposite p.28 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson. 
Derwent Bridge in the middle ground. 
printed at bottom:-  "THE DERWENT, SEEN FROM JOHN WORDSWORTH'S TERRACE, COCKERMOUTH"
signed at painting lower left:-  "Arthur Tucker"
item:-  JandMN : 197.9
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mapping:-    Cockermouth: Crown Street
 Cockermouth: Crown Street Cockermouth: Gote Road
 Cockermouth: Gote Road
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