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High Stock Bridge, Underskiddaw
High Stock Bridge
site name:-   Derwent, River
civil parish:-   Underskiddaw (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
locality type:-   bailey bridge
coordinates:-   NY24342598
1Km square:-   NY2425
10Km square:-   NY22
SummaryText:-   The present bridge is a Mk II bailey bridge a little upstream of the old bridge which was washed away. The approaches to the old bridge are visible.

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BLO24.jpg (taken 20.1.2006)  
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BLO25.jpg (taken 20.1.2006)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 56 13) 
placename:-  High Stock Bridge
placename:-  Stock Bridge, High
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:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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CT6NY22M.jpg
Drawn by a bridge symbol. 
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.4
Image © see bottom of page

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BLO26.jpg (taken 20.1.2006)  
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BLO27.jpg (taken 20.1.2006)  
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BLO28.jpg (taken 20.1.2006)  
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BLO29.jpg  Site of the old bridge.
(taken 20.1.2006)  
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