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High Gelt Bridge, Castle Carrock
High Gelt Bridge
site name:-   Gelt, River
civil parish:-   Castle Carrock (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Hayton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY54155619
1Km square:-   NY5456
10Km square:-   NY55

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CBG42.jpg (taken 28.7.2014)  
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CBG43.jpg (taken 28.7.2014)  
Nt easy to see this bridge, which appears to be seriously shored up.
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 25 1) 
placename:-  High Gelt Bridge
placename:-  Gelt Bridge, High
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.
evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Gelt High Bridge
source data:-   Map, colour lithograph, Road Map of Cumberland, by George Joseph Bell, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, printed by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
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BEL9NY55.jpg
"GELT HIGH"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library

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CBG45.jpg  View of river.
From High Gelt Bridge,
(taken 28.7.2014)  
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CBG44.jpg  View of river.
From High Gelt Bridge,
(taken 28.7.2014)  
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BMM62.jpg  View of river.
From High Gelt Bridge; a dry summer.
(taken 11.8.2006)  
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