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Rothay Bridge, Ambleside
Rothay Bridge
site name:-   Rothay, River
locality:-   Ambleside
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY37210389
1Km square:-   NY3703
10Km square:-   NY30

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BOQ99.jpg (taken 15.2.2008)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 10) 
placename:-  Rothay 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:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere N) 
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Northern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Samuel John Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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item:-  private collection : 10.10
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evidence:-   old print:- Farington 1789
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, View of Ambleside, Westmorland, drawn by Joseph Farington, engraved by T Medland, published by W Byrne, 69 Titchfield Street, London, 1789.
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printed, bottom, left, right and centre  "Drawn by Josh. Farington, R.A. / Engraved by T. Medland. / View of AMBLESIDE. / London: Published as the Act directs, 1 Jany. 1789, by W. Byrne, No.79, Titchfield Street."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6669.16
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1810 (plate 4) 
placename:-  Rothay Bridge
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Rothay Bridge near Ambleside, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1808.
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Plate 4 in Sixty Studies from Nature, 1810. 
printed at top right:-  "4"
printed at bottom:-  "ROTHAY BRIDGE NEAR AMBLESIDE. / Drawn and Engraved by William Green, and Published at Ambleside, June 24, 1808."
watermark:-  "J WHATMAN / 1813"
item:-  Armitt Library : A6641.4
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evidence:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, Rothay Bridge from Rothay Cottage, Ambleside, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1846.
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"from Rothay / Cottage"
and page number  "58 / for river see / B.10. p 18 / 20 53"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.488.65
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evidence:-   old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.
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double line over a stream 
item:-  private collection : 133.1
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Rothay Bridge, Ambleside, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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stamped at rev:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
internegative at lower left:-  "H. Bell"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS21
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
item:-  frost
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, Rothay Bridge in winter, Ambleside, by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1890s.
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stamped at rev:-  "HERBERT BELL / Photographer / AMBLESIDE"
item:-  Armitt Library : ALPS22
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Rothay Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"ROTHAY BRIDGE / / ROTHAY ROAD / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 451894 / NY3721903893"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Date uncertain. Built of slate in dry stone walling technique, with flat slate slabs at a parapet. Single segmental arch with low flood arches at sides. Part also in Rydal and Loughrigg."
evidence:-   old print:- Green 1809
placename:-  Rothay Bridge
source data:-   Print, soft ground etching, Ambleside from the Landing, Westmorland, by William Green, published by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster Row, London, 1809.
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Plate 42 in Seventy Eight Studies from Nature. 
printed in introductory pages to set of prints:-  "Number 42. This view of Ambleside is from a lime-kiln near the junction of the rivers Brathay and Rothay; a place where pleasure-boats for the use of the lake are moored. Langdale slate is sent in small craft from the landing to the foot of the lake, whence it is taken below Backbarrow, to be conveyed by water to Liverpool, Manchester, and other places. The Bridge in this view is across the Rothay, and is called Rothay Bridge. The high mountain is Scandale Fell."
printed at bottom:-  "AMBLESIDE FROM THE LANDING. / Published Ambleside, Augst. 1st. 1809, by W. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6637.42
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evidence:-   old print:- Farington 1789
source data:-   Print, engraving, View of Ambleside, Lakes, Westmorland, painted by Joseph Farington, engraved by T Medland, published by W Byrne, 69 Titchfield Street, London, 1789.
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printed, top right  "No.XVI"
printed, bottom, left, right and centre  "Drawn by Josh. Farington, R.A. / Engraved by T. Medland. / View of AMBLESIDE. / London: Published as the Act directs, 1 Jany. 1789, by W. Byrne, No.79, Titchfield Street."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.104
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evidence:-   old print:- Farington 1789 (plate 16) 
source data:-   Print, engraving, View of Ambleside, Lakes, Cumbria, painted by Joseph Farington, engraved by T Medland, published by W Byrne, 69 Titchfield Street, London, 1789.
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Presumably Rothay Bridge in the foreground, Scandale fell in the background? 
Plate 16 from Views of the Lakes, &c, in Cumberland and Westmorland, published 1789. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.14
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