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Cliff Bridge, Kirklinton Middle
Cliff Bridge
site name:-   Lyne, River
locality:-   Cliff
civil parish:-   Kirklinton Middle (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Arthuret (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY41386622
1Km square:-   NY4166
10Km square:-   NY46


photograph
BOB29.jpg (taken 31.8.2007)  
photograph
BOB30.jpg  Under the bridge, the great widening is apparent.
(taken 31.8.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 10 12) 
placename:-  Cliff 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:- 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.
image
BO18NY46.jpg
road crosses stream 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Cliffe 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.
image
BEL9NY46.jpg
"CLIFFE"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library


photograph
BOB31.jpg  Plaque on parapet:-
"C.C.C. / CLIFF BRIDGE / WIDENED 1968" (taken 31.8.2007)  
photograph
BOB34.jpg  A bit of the cliff; cross bedded sandstone.
(taken 31.8.2007)  

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