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Long Bridge, Keswick
Long Bridge
site name:-   Derwent, River
site name:-   road, Keswick to Cockermouth (once) 
locality:-   Portinscale
civil parish:-   Keswick (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   footbridge
coordinates:-   NY25352377
1Km square:-   NY2523
10Km square:-   NY22

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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 1) 
placename:-  Long 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 text:- 
placename:-  Long Bridge
source data:-   Jervoise, E: 1931: Ancient Bridges of the North of England
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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W of Keswick. 
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.
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double across a stream; bridge, over the Derwent 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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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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double line across the Derwent 
item:-  private collection : 16
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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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Double line crossing the stream. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Sanson 1679
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about 9.5 miles to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679.
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double line over a stream; bridge 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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two lines cross a stream; bridge 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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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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Double line over the Derwent, below Keswick. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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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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double line across a river; a bridge over the Derwent near Great Crosthwaite 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Der) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, ie Derwent Water, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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Keswick to Cockermouth road over the River Derwent. 
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.3
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Der) 
placename:-  
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of Derwentwater and its Environs, scale about 13 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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road bridge over the Derwent 
item:-  private collection : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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Implied by a road across the stream. 
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Westall 1820
placename:-  Portinscale Bridge
source data:-   Print, uncoloured mezzotint, Portinscale Bridge, near Keswick, Cumberland, drawn and engraved by William Westall, published by Rodwell and Martin, New Bond Street, London, 1820.
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printed, bottom left, centre  "Drawn & Engraved by W. Westall A.R.A. / Portinscale Bridge, / near Keswick. / Published July 1, 1819, by Hurst, Robinson &Co. Cheapside."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6671.10
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1822 (plate 22) 
placename:-  Long Bridge
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Long Bridge near Keswick, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1822.
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Plate 22 in Forty Etchings from Nature. 
printed at bottom:-  "LONG BRIDGE near KESWICK. / Etched from Nature by William Green, &Published at Ambleside, Feby. 1, 1822."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6644.22
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evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Long 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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"L[ ] BRIDGE"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   old print:- Bradley 1901
placename:-  Portinscale Bridge
source data:-   Print, uncoloured lithograph, Portinscale Bridge, Long Bridge, Portinscale, Cumberland, by Joseph Pennell, published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1901.
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On page 95 of Highways and Byways in the Lake District, by A G Bradley. 
printed at bottom:-  "Portinscale Bridge."
item:-  JandMN : 464.17
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evidence:-   old print:- Pearson 1900s
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Bridge near Portinscales, probably Long Bridge, Keswick, Cumberland, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s.
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On p.169 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. 
printed at bottom:-  "BRIDGE NEAR PORTINSCALES (p.168)."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1188.69
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evidence:-   probably old painting:- 
placename:-  Portinscale Bridge
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Portinscale Bridge, ?Long Bridge, Keswick, Cumberland, by Samuel Bough, 1850.
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Boulders lie in foreground; a river with tree lined banks flows beneath a partially obscured stone bridge. Beyond lies Keswick, above which rise rocky fells. 
signed &dated at bottom right:-  "July 1850 Keswick Sam Bough"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1960.52.1
Image © Tullie House Museum
hearsay:-  
 The present structure is a recent replacement.
The route across this bridge was once a turnpike. This is probably the Long Bridge mentioned by Jervoise, and the once important bridge for the west route from Keswick, to Cockermouth.
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