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Grisedale Bridge, Patterdale
Grisedale Bridge
civil parish:-   Patterdale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY39041613
1Km square:-   NY3916
10Km square:-   NY31

evidence:-   perhaps descriptive text:- Fiennes 1698
source data:-   Travel book, manuscript record of Journeys through England including parts of the Lake District, by Celia Fiennes, 1698.
"Here I cross'd one of the stone bridges that was pretty large which entred me into Cummberlandshire. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ullswater) 
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Lake Ullswater and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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Drawn by a bridge symbol, over the Grisedale Beck. 
item:-  private collection : 10.4
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 50) 
placename:-  Grizedale Bridge
source data:-   Print, tinted soft ground etching, Grizedale Bridge, Patterdale, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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Plate 50 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "50"
printed at bottom:-  "GRIZEDALE BRIDGE. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6653.50
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 50) 
placename:-  Grizedale Bridge
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Grizedale Bridge, Patterdale, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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GN0950.jpg
Plate 50 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "50"
printed at bottom:-  "GRIZEDALE BRIDGE. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6656.50
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old text:- Green 1814
placename:-  Grizedale Bridge
source data:-   Set of prints, soft ground etchings, Sixty Small Prints, with text, A Description of a Series of Sixty Small Prints, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
image GN09p28, button  goto source
page 28:-  "..."
"Grizedale Bridge is over the brook which runs out of Grizedale by Patterdale Hall, and is distant from the Inn about half a mile upon the Penrith road. ..."

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