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Armathwaite Bridge, Armathwaite
Armathwaite Bridge
site name:-   Eden, River
locality:-   Armathwaite
civil parish:-   Hesket (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Ainstable (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY50714603
1Km square:-   NY5046
10Km square:-   NY54


photograph
BNI51.jpg (taken 9.3.2007)  
photograph
BNI52.jpg (taken 9.3.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 31 12) 
placename:-  Armathwaite 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:- 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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D4NY54NW.jpg
double line across a river; a bridge at Armathwaite 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
image FD01P125, button  goto source
Page 125:-  "..."
"... [Armathwaite] lies on both sides of the river, which is crossed by a bridge of three bold and graceful arches. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Armathwaite 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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BEL9NY54.jpg
"ARMATHWAITE"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Armathwaite Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"ARMATHWAITE BRIDGE / / / AINSTABLE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73431 / NY5073046027"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"ARMATHWAITE BRIDGE / / / HESKET / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73865 / NY5070546042"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Road bridge. Originally C18, inscribed on central parapet stone CUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL/ARMATHWAITE BRIDGE/WIDENED & REBUILT 1907 & 1908/FREDERICK PONSONBY JOHNSON ESQ C.C. HIGH SHERRIFF, D.L./CHAIRMAN OF THE HIGHWAYS &BRIDGE COMMITTEE. Hammer dressed red sandstone. 3 round arches on 2 splayed cut-waters, double width. Joint under arches indicate bridge was built in two sections. This bridge lies partly in Hesket C.P."


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BNI57.jpg (taken 9.3.2007)  
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BNI53.jpg  Plaque on downstream parapet:-
"CUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL / ARMATHWAITE BRIDGE / WIDENED & REBUILT 1907 & 1908 / FREDERICK PONSONBY JOHNSON [ESQ] C.C HIGH SHERIFF D.L / CHAIRMAN OF THE HIGHWAYS &BRIDGES COMITTEE" (taken 9.3.2007)  
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CEU61.jpg (taken 8.4.2016)  
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CEU62.jpg  Under the E arch, widening on downstream side.
(taken 8.4.2016)  
Originally single track width, widened in 1907.

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