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Ulpha Bridge, Ulpha
Ulpha Bridge
locality:-   Ulpha
civil parish:-   Ulpha (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   SD19659304
1Km square:-   SD1993
10Km square:-   SD19


photograph
BMG31.jpg (taken 12.6.2006)  
photograph
BMG32.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"C.C. ULPHA BRIDGE." (taken 12.6.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 86 3) 
placename:-  New Bridge
placename:-  Ulpha 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.
"New Bridge or Ulpha Bridge"

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
image
D4SD19SE.jpg
double line across a river; a bridge at Ulpha 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old photograph:- Payn 1867
placename:-  Ulpha Bridge
source data:-   Photograph, sepia, Ulpha Bridge, on the Duddon, Ulpha, Lancashire, by Garnett and Sproat, published by J Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1867.
image  click to enlarge
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Tipped in opposite p.67 of The Lakes in Sunshine, text by James Payn. 
printed at bottom:-  "ULPHA BRIDGE, ON THE DUDDON."
item:-  Fell and Rock Climbing Club : 184.34
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Ulpha Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"ULPHA BRIDGE (THAT PART IN DUNNERDALE WITH SEATHWAITE CP) / / / DUNNERDALE WITH SEATHWAITE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75856 / SD1978292978"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Bridge over River Duddon. Date uncertain, probably C17 or C18. Stone rubble. 3 segmental arches, 2 to east are for flood water. Thin voussoirs; central arch has 2nd ring of voussoirs to centre on south side. Parapets are later, with flat coping. North side has boundary stone with vertical inscriptions: "ULPHA" and "SEATHWAITE". Also stone inscribed: "CC/ULPHA/BRIDGE". Part of this item is in Ulpha C.P."

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