Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Spark Bridge

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Spark Bridge

civil parish:-

Egton with Newland (formerly Lancashire)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

SD30628489 (etc)

1Km square:-

10Km square:-

SD38

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Lan 11 4)
placename:- Spark 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:- Jansson 1646

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.

JAN3SD38.jpg
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-

old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:- Sparkbridge

source data:-

Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.

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POF7Cm.jpg
"Sparkbridge"
map date 1909

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images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums

places:-

SD30178478 chapel, Spark Bridge (Lowick)

SD31448450 Tottlebank Church (Colton) L

SD30418503 Crake Mill (Egton with Newland) gone

SD30228491 Farmer's Arms (Egton with Newland)

SD30548492 Royal Oak (Egton with Newland)

SD30648482 Spark Bridge Village Hall (Egton with Newland)

SD30668489 Spark Bridge (Egton with Newland / Colton)

SD30438460 Thurston Ville (Egton with Newland)

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