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Skelwith Bridge, Skelwith Bridge
Skelwith Bridge
site name:-   Brathay, River
locality:-   Skelwith Bridge
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Skelwith (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY34440337
1Km square:-   NY3403
10Km square:-   NY30

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BVR45.jpg (taken 15.11.2011)  
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BVR46.jpg "SKELWITH / BRIDGE" (taken 15.11.2011)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 9) 
placename:-  Skelwith 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:- Saxton 1579
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Sax9NY30.jpg
Bridge. 
item:-  private collection : 2
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Skellet Bridge
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.
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J5NY30SW.jpg
"Skellet B."
double line, road, across a stream; bridge 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere N) 
placename:-  Skellett Bridge
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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CLANY30R.jpg
A road near Windermere is labelled:-  "To Skellett Bridge"
item:-  private collection : 10.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Skelwith Bridge
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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GAR2NY30.jpg
"Skelwith Br."
road crosses stream 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Skelwith Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"SKELWITH BRIDGE (THAT PART WITHIN LAKES DISTRICT) / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 452842 / NY3444803380"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Crosses River Brathay and Joins Lancashire and Westmorland. Traditional bridge of local style but modern date. Stone, 2 segmental arches with centre triangular cutwaters, and almost level and solid parapets."
evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Skelwith Bridge
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Skelwith Bridge, Uniting High Furness with Westmoreland, engraved by W J Welch, published 1870.
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PR0323.jpg
On page 6 of Furness, Past and Present. 
printed at lower right:-  "W. J. WELCH. SC"
printed at bottom:-  "SKELWITH BRIDGE, UNITING HIGH FURNESS WITH WESTMORELAND."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.323
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evidence:-   old drawing:- 
placename:-  Skelwith Bridge
source data:-   Drawing, Skelwith Bridge, Skelwith, Lancashire, by John Harper, 1840.
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PR1387.jpg
View of Skelwith Bridge near Ambleside. Double arched bridge in foreground over river. Group of buildings on the right. Hills in background. Executed in pencil with touches of white gouache on buff coloured paper. Preparatory sketch drawn on the spot by the artist. 
at bottom right:-  "Skelwith Bridge. 31 Aug./40"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 2009.89.30
Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-   old print:- Rose 1832-35
source data:-   Print, engraving, Skelwith Bridge, Westmorland, by Thomas Allom, engraved by T H Shepherd, 1835.
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R368.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 66.42
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evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Skelwith Bridge
source data:-   Print, colotype, Winter near Skelwith Bridge, Lancashire, by A R Smith.
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PR0071.jpg
Included in The Striding Dales by Halliwell Sutcliffe? 
printed at lower left:-  "[A R Smith]"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.71
Image © see bottom of page

photograph
BVR47.jpg  View of river.
(taken 15.11.2011)  
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BVR48.jpg  View of river.
(taken 15.11.2011)  
hearsay:-  
 Early in the 19th century, sufferers from whooping cough were tied nose-to-tail across the back of a donkey and walked across Skelwith Bridge.
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