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Raise Bridge, Dunmail Raise
Raise Bridge
site name:-   Raise Beck
locality:-   Dunmail Raise
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY32771159
1Km square:-   NY3211
10Km square:-   NY31
SummaryText:-   two bridges; for a short dual carriageway in the middle of nowhere

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CDZ84.jpg (taken 28.9.2015)  
This is the route of the stream, the old county boundary, before diverted by Manchester Corporation.
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 18 8) 
placename:-  Raise 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.
evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 19, Westmerland, Cumberland. 
Road crosses:-  "a Stone bridg and brook"
no bridge drawn. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   probably old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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road across Raise Beck 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page
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.
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D4NY31SW.jpg
double line across a river; a bridge 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
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