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Hoff Bridge, Hoff
Hoff Bridge
site name:-   Hoff Beck
locality:-   Hoff
civil parish:-   Hoff (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY67571761
1Km square:-   NY6717
10Km square:-   NY61


photograph
BWF85.jpg (taken 13.4.2012)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 15 6) 
placename:-  Hoff 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:- 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
BO18NY51.jpg
road across Hoff Beck 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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
J5NY61NE.jpg
double line, road, across a stream; bridge at Hoff 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24NY61.jpg
road across a stream; bridge over the Hoff Beck 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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COP4.jpg
road across stream; bridge? 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
Image © see bottom of page


photograph
BME59.jpg  View of river.
(taken 30.5.2006)  


photograph
BWF84.jpg  View of river.
(taken 13.4.2012)  

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