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Pelter Bridge, Rydal
Pelter Bridge
site name:-   Rothay, River
locality:-   Rydal
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY36620597
1Km square:-   NY3605
10Km square:-   NY30

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BJT04.jpg (taken 17.8.2005)  
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BNE30.jpg (taken 17.2.2007)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 6) 
placename:-  Pelter 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 print with text:- Farington 1789
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, The Bridge and part of the Village of Rydal, Westmorland, drawn by Joseph Farington, engraved by W Byrne and J Landseer, published by W Byrne, 69 Titchfield Street, London, 1785.
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printed, bottom, left, right and centre  "Drawn by Josh. Farington, R.A. / Engraved by W. Byrne &J. Landseer. / View of the BRIDGE, and Part of the VILLAGE of RYDAL. / London: Published as the Act directs. 15th. May 1789, by W. Byrne, No.79 Titchfield Street."
Descriptive text, probably by William Cookson 
VIEW near the VILLAGE of RYDAL. 
THE Scene here represented includes Part of the Neighbourhood of Ambleside, ... The Bridge, which is thrown over the River Rothay, is happily situated in this View; and, with the Group of little Cottages near it, forms a beautiful Contrast to Rydal-fell, which rising in Alpine Grandeur, overshadows the Vale. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A6669.20
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1810 (plate 16) 
placename:-  Pelter Bridge
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Pelter Bridge, Rydal, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1808.
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Plate 16 in Sixty Studies from Nature, 1810. 
printed at top right:-  "16"
printed at bottom:-  "PELTER BRIDGE, RYDAL. / Drawn and Engraved by William Green and Published at Ambleside, June 24, 1808."
watermark:-  "J WHATMAN / 1813"
item:-  Armitt Library : A6641.16
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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:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.
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Page 109:-  "... At one mile from Ambleside a road crossing Pelter Bridge on the left, leads to Langdale, or round Loughrigg Fell. ..."
evidence:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:-  Pelter Bridge
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, Pelter Bridge, Rydal, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 28 August and 1 September 1849.
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"Pelter Bridge / Aug 28 & Sept 1."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.487.31
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Pelter Bridge, Rydal, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS531
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Pelter Bridge, River Rothay, Rydal, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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internegative at lower right:-  "H. Bell"
stamped on reverse:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS358
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, b/w, Pelter Bridge, Rydal, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS747
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, b/w, Pelter Bridge, Rydal, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s?
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item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS748
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Pelter Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"PELTER BRIDGE / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 452641 / NY3662605970"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Date uncertain Stone rubble 3-centred arch and a small flood arch with slate parapet, narrow, humped. Very picturesque feature in parkland landscape. For group notes see General group description under Rydal."
evidence:-   old print:- Cooke c1827
source data:-   Print, engraving, Rydal, Westmorland, engraved by J and H S Storer, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1827?
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Part of the frontispiece to The Tourist's and Traveller's Companion to the Lakes, by Charles Cooke. 
printed at bottom left, centre:-  "J. &H. S. Storer sculpt. / Rydal."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1121.2
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evidence:-   old print with text:- Farington 1789 (plate 20) 
source data:-   Print, engraving, The Bridge and part of the Village of Rydal, Westmorland, painted by Joseph Farington, engraved by W Byrne and J Landseer, published by W Byrne, 69 Titchfield Street, London, 1785.
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Pelter Bridge over the River Rothay, Heron Pike in the background. 
Plate 20 from Views of the Lakes, &c, in Cumberland and Westmorland, published 1789; with descriptive text:-  "VIEW near the VILLAGE of RYDAL."
"... The Bridge, which is thrown over the River Rothay, is happily situated in this View; ..."
item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.7
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