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| Sprint Bridge, Strickland Roger | ||
| Sprint Bridge | ||
| site name:- | Sprint, River | |
| civil parish:- | Strickland Roger (formerly Westmorland) | |
| civil parish:- | Skelsmergh (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | bridge | |
| coordinates:- | SD51339603 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5196 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 16) placename:- Sprint Bridge |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Saxton 1579 |
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| 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. Sax9SD49.jpg Over River Sprint. item:- private collection : 2 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd) |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and
Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by
John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley,
London, 1611-12. SP14SD59.jpg double line across the Sprint item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jansson 1646 |
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| 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. JAN3SD49.jpg Double line crossing the stream. item:- JandMN : 88 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Sanson 1679 |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland
aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of
Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about 9.5 miles
to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679. click to enlargeSAN2Cm.jpg double line over a stream; bridge item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | possibly old map:- Seller 1694 (Wmd) |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles
to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694. click to enlargeSEL7.jpg two lines cross a stream; bridge item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.87 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert
Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John
Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695. MD10SD59.jpg Double line over a stream crossing the Sprint. item:- JandMN : 24 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | possibly old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 |
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| 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. BO18SD49.jpg road across the Sprint item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) |
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| 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. J5SD59NW.jpg double line, road, across a stream; bridge item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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 CFS98.jpg The footings were damaged by scouring in the flood of December 2015. The bridge and adjacent river banks have been strengthened. (taken 2.12.2016)  CFS99.jpg River bank downstream, outside of bend in river, where banks have been strengthened after floods of December 2015. (taken 2.12.2016) |
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| hearsay:- |
Repaired in 1667 and several times later; it was rebuilt in 1716. The new bridge had
about 42 feet span, and a roadway 9 feet wide. The cost was £39, the tender submitted
by William and Robert Robinson, masons from Patterdale, George Birkett, a carpenter
from Troutbeck, and George Bateman, a waller from Crook. The bridge was repaired in
1749 and 1789, and widened a little in 1828. It was closed, because it was in a dangerous
state, 1859. The present bridge, span of 39 feet 9 inches, was built by Robert Fairer,
1860; the cost, £459, overunning the estimated £390. It was damaged by flooding 1918.
The footings of the abuttments were little more than loose gravel - liable to scour. |
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