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Straight Bridge, Sedbergh
Straight Bridge
site name:-   Rawthey, River
civil parish:-   Sedbergh (formerly Yorkshire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   SD67749235
1Km square:-   SD6792
10Km square:-   SD69

MN photo:-  
The bridge might be straight over the water, but the road bends before and after.

photograph
BOX89.jpg (taken 31.3.2008)  
photograph
BOX90.jpg (taken 31.3.2008)  

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
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.
image
J5SD69SE.jpg
double line, road, across a stream; bridge 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24SD69.jpg
road across a stream; bridge over the Rawthey 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Straight Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"STRAIGHT BRIDGE / / CAUTLEY ROAD / SEDBERGH / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 484546 / SD6774692347"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Public road bridge over River Rawthey. Probably late C17 or early C18; widened on north-east side in C19. Coursed sandstone rubble. One high segmental arch, the south-west side with double-course voussoirs; rebuilt parapets; battered abutments."


photograph
BOX91.jpg  View of river.
(taken 31.3.2008)  
photograph
BOX92.jpg  View of river.
(taken 31.3.2008)  

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