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| Newbiggin Old Bridge, St Cuthbert Without | ||
| site name:- | Petteril, River | |
| locality:- | Newbiggin | |
| civil parish:- | St Cuthbert Without (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | bridge | |
| locality type:- | footbridge | |
| locality type:- | flood | |
| coordinates:- | NY43525129 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4351 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY45 | |
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 BMA49.jpg Recently collapsed. (taken 5.5.2006)  BMA50.jpg Recently collapsed. (taken 5.5.2006) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 24 13) placename:- Newbiggin 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:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) |
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| 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. D4NY45SW.jpg river crossing near Quar[] Gate item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | probably old map:- Bell 1892 placename:- Newbiggin Bridge |
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| 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. BEL9NY45.jpg "NEWBIGGIN" bridge symbol Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges item:- Carlisle Library : Map 38 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | old painting:- placename:- Newbiggin Bridge |
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| source data:- | Painting, watercolour, Newbiggin Bridge, St Cuthbert Without, Cumberland, by Thomas
Bushby, 1914. click to enlargePR1354.jpg Woman crossing Newbiggin Bridge in wooded landscape. signed at bottom:- "Newbiggin Bridge.Carlisle. Thos: Bushby.1914" item:- Tullie House Museum : 1999.803.4 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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| evidence:- | old painting:- placename:- Newbiggin Bridge item:- cattle |
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| source data:- | Painting, watercolour, On the Petteril, Newbiggin Bridge, Near Carlisle, St Cuthbert
Without, Cumberland, by Thomas Bushby, 1888. click to enlargePR1046.jpg Cattle at a shallow river's edge; across centre of composition stretches a stone bridge upon which stands a figure watching them. Wooden poles are fastened across the arches of the bridge to prevent the cattle from straying. Meadows and woodland beyond. signed &dated at bottom right:- "Thos. Bushby. 1888." inscribed at reverse on mount:- "On the Petteril, Newbiggin Bridge, Nr. Carlisle. Thos. Bushby. 1891" item:- Tullie House Museum : 1970.33.31 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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 BOD24.jpg Recently rebuilt as a footbridge. (taken 7.9.2007)  BOD25.jpg Recently rebuilt as a footbridge. (taken 7.9.2007) |
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| hearsay:- |
Damaged by the floods in January 2005; rebuilt 2007. |
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