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| War Memorial Bridge, Greystoke | ||
| War Memorial Bridge | ||
| site name:- | North Petteril | |
| Street:- | Church Road | |
| locality:- | Greystoke | |
| civil parish:- | Greystoke (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | bridge | |
| locality type:- | war memorial | |
| coordinates:- | NY44243078 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4430 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY43 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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 BQG14.jpg (taken 14.3.2009)  BVG43.jpg Bronze plaque:- "THIS BRIDGE ERECETED BY CHARLES [11TH ] DUKE OF NORFOLK AND THE PARISHIONERS 1796 / WAS REBUILT AND WIDENED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF GREYSTOKE IN 1920 IN MEMORY OF ALL THOSE WHO FROM THIS PARISH SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 1918" (taken 19.8.2011) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- War Memorial Bridge |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "WAR MEMORIAL BRIDGE / / CHURCH ROAD / GREYSTOKE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73819 / NY4424530784" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Roadbridge. 1796 with 1920 alterations. Dressed red sandstone. Small single-span segmental arch, splayed at either side, with solid parapet. Inscribed on brass plate, THIS BRIDGE ERECTED BY CHARLES DUKE OF NORFOLK AND THE PARISHIONERS IN 1796 WAS REBUILT AND WIDENED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF GREYSTOKE 1920 IN MEMORY OF ALL THOSE WHO FROM THIS PARISH SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918." |
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