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Hemplands Bridge, Solport
Hemplands Bridge
site name:-   Rae Burn
civil parish:-   Solport (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Arthuret (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY45077214
1Km square:-   NY4572
10Km square:-   NY47

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 7) 
placename:-  Hemplinns Ford
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.
"Hemplinns Ford / Foot Bridge"

evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 62) 
source data:-   Raod strip map, uncoloured engraving, the Road from Carlisle to Barwick, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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OG62m010.jpg
In mile 11, Cumberland. 
River crossed by the road, no bridge is drawn. 
item:-  JandMN : 83
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