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Rayne Bridge, Orton S
Rayne Bridge
site name:-   Lune, River
civil parish:-   Orton S (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY64490547
1Km square:-   NY6405
10Km square:-   NY60


photograph
BLL30.jpg (taken 9.12.2005)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 29 5) 
placename:-  Rayne 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:- 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.
image
J5NY60NW.jpg
double line, road, across a stream; bridge W of Kelleth 
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.
image
CY24NY60.jpg
road across a stream; bridge over the Lune 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Rain Bridge
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
image
FD02NY60.jpg
"Rain Br."
Road across stream. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

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