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Church Bridge, Grasmere
Church Bridge
Street:-   Church Stile
locality:-   Grasmere
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY33740735
1Km square:-   NY3307
10Km square:-   NY30


photograph
BLK98.jpg "W.C.C. CHURCH BRIDGE WIDENED 1926" (taken 5.12.2005)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 1) 
placename:-  Church 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:- 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.
image
Sax9NY30.jpg
At Grasmere. 
item:-  private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

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.
image  click to enlarge
SEL7.jpg
two lines cross a stream; bridge 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
image
MD12NY30.jpg
Double line over a stream, at Grasmere. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
Image © see bottom of page

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.
image
J5NY30NW.jpg
double line, road, across a stream; bridge 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BRIDGE BESIDE ST OSWALDS CHURCH / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 451916 / NY3374807347"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Widened in C20. Single segmental arch of local slate rubble, with a slightly arched parapet. Date uncertain."
"For group notes see General group description under Grasmere."

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