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| Longtown Bridge, Longtown | ||
| Longtown Bridge | ||
| site name:- | Esk, River | |
| locality:- | Longtown | |
| civil parish:- | Arthuret (formerly Cumberland) | |
| civil parish:- | Kirkandrews (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | bridge | |
| coordinates:- | NY37756889 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3768 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY36 | |
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Built in 1700s. |
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 BMQ17.jpg (taken 15.9.2006)  BMQ18.jpg (taken 15.9.2006) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 10 2) placename:- Longtown Bridge |
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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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) |
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| 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. D4NY36NE.jpg double line across a river; a bridge over the Esk item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | possibly old map:- Bell 1892 placename:- Gattle Smalmstown Bridge |
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| 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. BEL9NY36.jpg "GATTLE SMALMSTOWN" bridge symbol Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges item:- Carlisle Library : Map 38 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Longtown Bridge |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "LONGTOWN BRIDGE / / / ARTHURET / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78100 / NY3777768882" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Road bridge over the River Esk. Dated 1756 on south parapet datestone, for Rev. Robert Graham. Inscribed on north parapet: REPAIRED &WIDENED 1889: C20 strengthening. Red sandstone ashlar. 5 segmental arches, with recessed voussoirs, on 4 splayed piers with concrete bases. Solid parapets with chamfered copings. Central C19 cast iron standard gas lamp with decorated column, now converted to electricity. Builders' maintenance bond of 1756 in Carlisle Record Office, gives details of how the bridge was financed (QAB/4). Lies partly in Kirkandrews C.P." |
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 BMQ19.jpg View of river. (taken 15.9.2006) |
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