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| Row Bridge, Wasdale Head | ||
| Row Bridge | ||
| site name:- | Mosedale Beck (4) | |
| locality:- | Wasdale Head | |
| civil parish:- | Nether Wasdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | packhorse bridge | |
| locality type:- | bridge | |
| coordinates:- | NY18640882 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1808 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY10 | |
| references:- | Hinchcliffe, Ernest: 1994: Packhorse Bridges of England: Cicerone Press (Milnthorpe,
Cumbria) |
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 BMB48.jpg (taken 11.5.2006)  BMB49.jpg (taken 11.5.2006) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 74 11) placename:- Row Bridge |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 |
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| 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. BO18NY10.jpg road across Mosedale Beck item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | probably old print:- Wilkinson 1810 (plate 42) item:- walker |
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| source data:- | Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, View on the Banks of Wast Water, Cumberland,
by Joseph Wilkinson, engraved by William Frederick Wells, published by R Ackermann,
Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London, 1810. click to enlargeWKN142.jpg Perhaps Sca Fell behind. Plate 42 in Select Views in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire. printed at bottom left, right, centre:- "The Revd. Jos. Wilkenson delt. / W. F. Wells sculpt. / View on the Banks of Wast-water. / Published April. 1. 1810. by R. Ackermann. 101. Strand. London." item:- Fell and Rock Climbing Club : MN4.42 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Heaton Cooper 1905 (edn 1908) |
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| source data:- | Print, colour halftone, Wastdalehead and Great Gable, Towards evening in autumn, Nether
Wasdale, Cumberland, from a watercolour painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published
by Adam and Charles Black, London, 2nd edn 1908. click to enlargeHC0132.jpg Showing the packhorse bridge, Wasdale Head. Opposite p.86 of The English Lakes, painted by Alfred Heaton Cooper, described by William T Palmer. printed at tissue opposite the print:- "WASTDALEHEAD AND GREAT GABLE / Towards evening in autumn" printed at signed lower left:- "[A HEATON COOPER]" item:- JandMN : 468.32 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Heaton Cooper 1905 (edn 1908) |
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| source data:- | Print, colour halftone, Wastdalehead, Wastwater, Nether Wasdale, Cumberland, from
a watercolour painting by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black,
London, 2nd edn 1908. click to enlargeHC0136.jpg Opposite p.94 of The English Lakes, painted by Alfred Heaton Cooper, described by William T Palmer. printed at tissue opposite the print:- "WASTDALEHEAD, WASTWATER" printed at signed lower right:- "A HEATON COOPER" item:- JandMN : 468.36 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Row Bridge |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "ROW BRIDGE NORTH OF HOTEL / / / WASDALE / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76283 / NY1864908823" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Packhorse bridge, probably C18. Slate wedges end on; self-supporting, without parapets. Single segmental arch spanning c15 ft; pathway c3 ft wide, concreted." |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Farington 1816 (plate 25) |
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| source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Wastdale Village, drawn by Joseph Farington, engraved
by J Landseer, published by T Cadell and W Davies, Strand, London, 1815. click to enlargeBNV37.jpg printed, bottom left, right, centre "Drawn by J. Farington R.A. / Engraved by J. Landseer A.R.A. / Wastdale Village. / London Published Septr. 15, 1815, by T. Cadell &W. Davies, Strand." Plate 25 in The Lakes of Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland. item:- private collection : 76 Image © see bottom of page |
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27 foot span, 48 ins wide, no parapets. |
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| Hinchcliffe, Ernest: 1994: Packhorse Bridges of England: Cicerone Press (Milnthorpe,
Cumbria) |
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