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Little Braithwaite Bridge, Braithwaite
Little Braithwaite Bridge
site name:-   Newlands Beck
locality:-   Little Braithwaite
civil parish:-   Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY23862300
1Km square:-   NY2323
10Km square:-   NY22


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BVP75.jpg (taken 5.11.2011)  
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BVP77.jpg  Plaque:-
"LITTLE BRAITHWAITE / BRIDGE / ERECTED BY CUMBRIA COUNTY / COUNCIL NOV 2010 / AFTER THE FLOODS OF NOV 2009" (taken 5.11.2011)  

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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D4NY22SW.jpg
double line across a river; a bridge at Little Braithwaite 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library


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BVP78.jpg  View of river.
(taken 5.11.2011)  
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BNE11.jpg  View of river.
(taken 14.2.2007)  
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BNE12.jpg  View of river.
(taken 14.2.2007)  


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BVP76.jpg (taken 5.11.2011)  
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BNE10.jpg (taken 14.2.2007)  

hearsay:-  
The 19th century arch was destroyed by flood water, 2009. The river burst through its banks and ran straight to the A66 depositing boulders and gravel across the fields. The replacement bridge has a 'similar appearance' to the old, 2011.

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