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Newby Bridge
civil parish:-   Staveley-in-Cartmel (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD370865
1Km square:-   SD3786
10Km square:-   SD38
evidence:-   possibly table of distances:- Simons 1635
placename:-  New Bridge
source data:-   Table of distances, uncoloured engraving, Westmerland ie Westmorland, with a thumbnail map, scale about 42 miles to 1 inch, by Mathew Simons, published in A Direction for the English Traviller, 1635.
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"New bridge S.E."
and tabulated distances 
item:-  private collection : 50.39
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Newe Bridge
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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"Newe Bridge"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) 
placename:-  Newby Bridge
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819.
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"Newby Bridge"
blocks, building/s either side of the river 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
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evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Newby Bridge
item:-  landing stage; slate; coal; iron ore
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 152:-  "..."
"We next come to Newby Bridge, where is a neat village, and an handsome stone bridge across the stream which flows from the Lake: Here are landed vast quantities of slate, coals, iron-ore, and all kinds of merchandise, which are brought from different parts of the circumjacent country. ..."
"Hence may be had a passage by water to Bowness or Ambleside;"
evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Newby Bridge
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 653-654  "Newby Bridge, Lanc."
"INNS, ... Newby Bridge, Swan. ..."
"... on l. near Newby Bridge, - Machell, Esq."
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Newby 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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"Newby Bridge"
village or other place; travellers supplied with post horses or carriages? 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Newby Bridge
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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item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Newby Bridge
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
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Page 27:-  "... Newby Bridge, also, is a delightful situation at the foot [of Windermere], seated under a wooded hill of considerable elevation. ..."
 Martineau Directory 1855
evidence:-   old print:- Bradley 1901
placename:-  Newby Bridge
source data:-   Print, uncoloured lithograph, Newby Bridge, Staveley-in-Cartmel, Lancashire, by Joseph Pennell, published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1901.
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On page 202 of Highways and Byways in the Lake District, by A G Bradley. 
printed at lower right:-  "Joseph Pennell"
printed at bottom:-  "Newby Bridge."
item:-  JandMN : 464.49
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evidence:-   old print:- Heaton Cooper 1905 (edn 1908) 
placename:-  Newby Bridge
source data:-   Print, colour halftone, Old Laburnums at Newby Bridge, Windermere, Staveley-in-Cartmel, Lancashire, from a watercolour painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 2nd edn 1908.
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Opposite p. of The English Lakes, painted by Alfred Heaton Cooper, described by William T Palmer. 
printed at tissue opposite the print:-  "OLD LABURNUMS AT NEWBY BRIDGE, WINDERMERE"
printed at signed lower right:-  "[A HEATON COOPER]"
item:-  JandMN : 468.7
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evidence:-   illustration:- LNWR 1910
source data:-   Print, colour lithograph? Newby Bridge, Windermere, from a painting by R T Roussel, published by the London and North Western Railway, LNWR, about 1910.
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Included in the guide book, The English Lakes, published by the London and North Western Railway about 1910. 

Roussel, R T, 1910item:-  JandMN : 49.4
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evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Newby Bridge
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Newby Bridge"
map date 1892 
evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Newby Bridge
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Newby Bridge"
map date 1890 
evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Newby Bridge
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
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"Newby Bridge"
map date 1873 
evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1823
placename:-  Newby Bridge
source data:-   Post road map, The Circulation of Letters, a General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, General Post Office, London, 1823.
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"Newby Bridge"
map date 1823 
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evidence:-   old print:- Garnett 1850s-60s F
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Newby Bridge, Lancashire, engraved by William Banks and Son, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s?
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Found with Views of the English Lakes. 
The view is from the south showing the River Leven, and the bottom of Windermere, as well as the bridge and Swan Hotel. 
printed at bottom:-  "W. Banks &Son, Edinr. / NEWBY BRIDGE."
item:-  JandMN : 165.13
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