Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| footbridge, Netherby | ||
| site name:- | Esk, River | |
| site name:- | Netherby | |
| civil parish:- | Kirkandrews (formerly Cumberland) | |
| civil parish:- | Arthuret (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | footbridge | |
| locality type:- | bridge | |
| locality type:- | suspension bridge | |
| coordinates:- | NY39217197 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3971 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY37 | |
| SummaryText:- | previousy joined two separated bits of one ecclesiastical parish | |
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 BTM61.jpg (taken 3.9.2010)  BTM62.jpg (taken 3.9.2010) |
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| The path leads from the great house, Netherby, to the church. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 6 11) |
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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. "Private Ferry" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Suspension Bridge |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "SUSPENSION BRIDGE / / / ARTHURET / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78105 / NY3922671966" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Footbridge over the River Esk. 1877, stamped Francis Morton L'pool, for the Graham family of Netherby. Iron and steel. 2 tall square pylons on either bank, support lattice of steel wires and wooden plank walkway. Painted warning notice dated 1904 restricts number of people using bridge at one time. Built to give access from Netherby Hall to the nearby Kirkandrews Church. Lies partly in Kirkandrews C.P." |
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 CGT46.jpg (taken 20.10.2017)  CGT47.jpg (taken 20.10.2017)  BMQ41.jpg (taken 15.9.2006)  CGT49.jpg Enamelled iron? sign:- "NOTICE / This Bridge Is Not / Warranted To Carry / More Than Six Persons / At One Time / May 1904. By Order" (taken 20.10.2017)  CGT48.jpg Enalled iron sign:- "NOTICE / No Public Footway Along / The Bridge Except To Church / Trespassers Will Be Rigor / ously Prosecuted According / To Law. / Netherby / September 1877." (taken 20.10.2017)  BMQ37.jpg (taken 15.9.2006)  BMQ38.jpg (taken 15.9.2006) |
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