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Lamb Bridge, Matterdale
Lamb Bridge
site name:-   Trout Beck (3)
civil parish:-   Matterdale (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Threlkeld (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY35372676
1Km square:-   NY3526
10Km square:-   NY32


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BNK54.jpg (taken 24.3.2007)  
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BNK55.jpg  Plaque:-
"CUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL / LAMB BRIDGE / RECONSTRUCTED 1934" (taken 24.3.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 57 14) 
placename:-  Lamb 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:- Saxton 1579
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Sax9NY22.jpg
NW of Wakethate. 
item:-  private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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SP11NY32.jpg
double line across the Glenderamackin 
item:-  private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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JAN3NY32.jpg
Double line crossing the stream. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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MD12NY32.jpg
Double line over the Glenderamakin, near Wakthwate (Wallthwaite). 
item:-  JandMN : 90
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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D4NY32NE.jpg
double line across a river; a bridge over the Glendermacken 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Lamb 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.
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BEL9NY32.jpg
"LAMB"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library


photograph
BNK56.jpg  View of river.
From Lamb Bridge.
(taken 24.3.2007)  

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