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Lune's Bridge, Tebay
Lune's Bridge
site name:-   Lune, River
locality:-   Tebay
civil parish:-   Tebay (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY61300286
1Km square:-   NY6102
10Km square:-   NY60


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BTR43.jpg (taken 16.10.2010)  
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BTR44.jpg (taken 16.10.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 28 12) 
placename:-  Lune's 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:-   probably 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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MD10NY50.jpg
Road across Lune. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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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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BO18NY50.jpg
road across the Lune 
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.
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J5NY60SW.jpg
double line, road, across a stream; bridge 
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.
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CY24NY60.jpg
road across a stream; bridge over the Lune 
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

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Lunes Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"LUNES BRIDGE / / / TEBAY / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74204 / NY6129902858"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Bridge. Early/mid C19. Roughly coursed limestone rubble. Elliptical main arch with rough voussoirs, segmental smaller flood arch to east end. Parapets with vertically set stones. Iron tie to crown of flood arch. Dramatic situation crossing rock filled river."


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BTR45.jpg  View of river.
(taken 9.12.2005)  
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CEK89.jpg  View of river.
(taken 4.12.2015)  
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CEK90.jpg  View of river.
(taken 4.12.2015)  
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CEK91.jpg  View of river.
(taken 4.12.2015)  
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BLL29.jpg  View of river.
River bed at Lune's Bridge, Tebay.
(taken 9.12.2005)  


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CEK88.jpg (taken 4.12.2015)  

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