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Holbeck Bridge, Lakes
Holbeck Bridge
site name:-   Hol Beck
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY38610191
1Km square:-   NY3801
10Km square:-   NY30

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 15) 
placename:-  Holbeck 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:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 11, Westmoreland. 
Road crosses:-  "a Stone bridg and brook"
no bridge drawn. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 260) 
source data:-   Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.260, The Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.
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"a Stone Bridge &Brook"
At 11½miles. 
item:-  private collection : 1.260
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