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Sebergham Bridge, Sebergham
Sebergham Bridge
site name:-   Caldew, River
locality:-   Sebergham
civil parish:-   Sebergham (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY35734185
1Km square:-   NY3541
10Km square:-   NY34


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BLR83.jpg (taken 24.3.2006)  
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BJQ26.jpg (taken 13.7.2005)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 38 6) 
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.
"Bridge"

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Bridge"
double line across a river; a bridge over the Caldew 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Sebergham 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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Lw18.jpg
"Sebergham Bridge 296½"
bridge; distance from London 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
Image © see bottom of page

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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OT02NY34.jpg
Implied by a road across the stream. 
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Sebergham Bridge
source data:-   Map, colour lithograph, Road Map of Cumberland, by George Joseph Bell, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, printed by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
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BEL9NY34.jpg
"SEBERGHAM"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Sebergham Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"SEBERGHAM BRIDGE / / / SEBERGHAM / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72477 / NY3573141851"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Road bridge. 1689 for Alexander Denton, with C19 &C20 repairs. Large blocks of red sandstone. 2 segmental arches on central pier with splayed cutwaters. Solid parapets with chamfered coping, ending to west with square stone piers; those on east side removed for parapet extension."

evidence:-   old print:- 
source data:-   Print, Sebergham Bridge, Sebergham, Cumberland, by Samuel Middiman, engraved by John Greig, published by J Walker, 16 Rosomans Street, London, 1802.
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Summertime; distant view of Sebergham Bridge and the village beside it, viewed from an elevated perspective. In the foreground two figures rest beside their sheep. Wooded hills rise in the distance. 
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1976.169.2.17
Image © Tullie House Museum


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BJQ25.jpg (taken 13.7.2005)  

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