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Troutbeck Bridge, Troutbeck Bridge
Troutbeck Bridge
site name:-   Trout Beck (5)
locality:-   Troutbeck Bridge
civil parish:-   Windermere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY40300034
1Km square:-   NY4000
10Km square:-   NY40

photograph
BLP77.jpg (taken 15.2.2006)  
photograph
BLP78.jpg  In east parapet:-
"T.C.C. No.1. 1882" (taken 15.2.2006)  
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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Over Trout Beck. 
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 10, Westmoreland. 
River crossed by:-  "a Stone bridg and brook"
no bridge drawn. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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Double line over a stream. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   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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BO18SD39.jpg
road across the Trout Beck 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Win/Ble) 
placename:-  Troutbeck Bridge
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Grand Lake of Windermere, scale about 2 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1819.
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CT9NY30V.jpg
"Troutbeck Bridge"
road crosses stream 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.102
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Windermere N) 
placename:-  Troutbeck 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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"Troutbeck Bridge"
item:-  private collection : 10.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Troutbeck Bridge
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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CY24NY40.jpg
"Troutbeck Br"
road across a stream; bridge over the Trout Beck 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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Implied by a road across the stream. 
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Troutbeck Bridge
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
image FD01P160, button  goto source
Page 160:-  "..."
"Troutbeck Bridge crosses a rivulet, issuing from the high grounds on the right, and flowing down the deep and picturesque vale of Troutbeck. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Troutbeck 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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"Troutbeck Bridge"
no symbol, road crosses stream 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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hearsay:-  
 According to the Ambleside Turnpike Trust records, 21480 carriages crossed the bridge in 1885.
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