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Lowther Bridge, Yanwath etc
Lowther Bridge
site name:-   Lowther, River
locality:-   Bradwath (?) 
civil parish:-   Yanwath and Eamont Bridge (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Clifton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY52462820
1Km square:-   NY5228
10Km square:-   NY52
MN photo:-  
 The bridge is widened in recent times, with ugly parapets, perhaps hiding a more interesting old structure; access to see it is difficult.

photograph
BMP14.jpg (taken 4.9.2006)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 3 16) 
placename:-  Lowther 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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Over River Lowther. 
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38) 
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 281, Westmorland. 
Road crosses the:-  "Lowder Fluvius"
no bridge drawn. 
item:-  JandMN : 21
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
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Double line over a stream. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Defoe 1724-26
placename:-  Louther Bridge
source data:-   Tour through England and Wales, by Daniel Defoe, published in parts, London, 1724-26.
"... the great road leads to the left-hand to Perith, in going to which we first pass the Eden, at a very good stone bridge call'd Louther Bridge, and then the Elnot over another."
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.
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road across the Lowther 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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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 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Lowther Bridge
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 6:-  "..."
"We next come to Lowther Bridge, built over the river Lowther at a place called Bradwath in the boundary-rolls both of the manor of Brougham and Clifton. I am in possession of an old boundary-roll (taken at the perambulation of Gilbert de Engayne, in the 21st year of Edward III. at which time he settled the whole village of Clifton upon his son Henry, and Johanna his wife) and this likewise begins at Bradwath. This bridge likewise divides the parish of Brougham from the parish of Barton."
"..."
evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Lowther Bridge
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 267-268  "Lowther Bridge / At Lowther Bridge, on r. a T.R. to Appleby."
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page 281-282  "Lowther Bridge / At Lowther Bridge, on l. a T.R. to Kendal."
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Baker 1802
placename:-  Lowther Bridge
source data:-   Perspective road map with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland, and Cumberland, by J Baker, London 1802.
pp.25-26:-  "... At Lowther Bridge the rivers Emmont and Lowther form a junction. ..."
evidence:-   possibly old map:- Baker 1802
placename:-  Lowther Bridge
source data:-   Perspective road maps with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland, by J Baker, London 1802.
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"Lowther Bridge / 285"
item:-  private collection : 3
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Lowther Bridge
source data:-   Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.
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"Lowther Bridge 286ΒΌ"
bridge; distance from London 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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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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road across stream; bridge? 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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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 text:- Gents Mag
item:-  rebellion, 1745; 1745 Rebellion
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
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Gentleman's Magazine 1848 part 1 p.369  "... the celebrated and no less picturesque bridge of Lowther, so well known as the spot where Cluny Macpherson engaged the advanced guard of the Duke of Cumberland in 1745, and brought off the artillery belonging to the Highland army."
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