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Slater Bridge, Little Langdale
Slater Bridge
Slaters Bridge
site name:-   Brathay, River
locality:-   Little Langdale
locality:-   Stang End
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Coniston (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   packhorse bridge
locality type:-   clapper bridge
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY31200300
1Km square:-   NY3103
10Km square:-   NY30
references:-   Hinchcliffe, Ernest: 1994: Packhorse Bridges of England: Cicerone Press (Milnthorpe, Cumbria)

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BSA79.jpg (taken 1.2.2010)  
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BSA76.jpg (taken 1.2.2010)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 25 11) 
placename:-  Slater 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:- OS County Series (Lan 1 8) 
placename:-  Slater 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:-   possibly old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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BO18SD29.jpg
road across the Brathay 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:-  Slater Bridge
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, Slater Bridge, Little Langdale, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1849.
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AS0150.jpg
"Slater Br."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.487.50
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old photograph:- Aspland 1840s-60s
source data:-   image  click to enlarge
AS0151.jpg
Photograph, faded sepia tone, Slater Bridge, Little Langdale, Westmorland, no date. 
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.487.51
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old drawing:- Aspland 1840s-60s
placename:-  Slater Bridge
source data:-   Drawing, pencil, Slater Bridge, Little Langdale, Westmorland, by Theophilus Lindsey Aspland, 1849.
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AS0152.jpg
"Slater Bridge / Little Langdale"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.487.52
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Slaters Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"SLATERS BRIDGE (THAT PART IN THE LAKES URBAN DISTRICT) / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 452298 / NY3120903010"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Over River Brathay. C17 packhorse bridge of slate and natural boulders. Huge boulder in mid-stream supports segmental arched bridge of 15 ft span with 3 1/2 ft voussoirs, and a flat causeway of a single slab on slate supports."
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Slater's Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"SLATER'S BRIDGE (THAT PART WITHIN THE PARISH OF CONISTON) / / / CONISTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 76809 / NY3120903007"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Bridge over River Brathay. Slate. 3 spans. Thin rough voussoirs form segmental arch, some projecting to both sides. To north of arch 2 spans are formed of single stones joined by causeway. Also listed under Lakes U.D. (Little Langdale)."

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BSA74.jpg (taken 1.2.2010)  
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BMG99.jpg (taken 23.6.2006)  
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BSA77.jpg (taken 1.2.2010)  
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BMG98.jpg (taken 23.6.2006)  
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BMG97.jpg (taken 23.6.2006)  
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BSA78.jpg (taken 1.2.2010)  
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BSA75.jpg (taken 1.2.2010)  
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 An arch of 5 foot span, and two spans of clapper bridge, total span 75 feet, 50 ins wide, no parapets.

Hinchcliffe, Ernest: 1994: Packhorse Bridges of England: Cicerone Press (Milnthorpe, Cumbria)
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