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Whahouse Bridge, Eskdale
Whahouse Bridge
site name:-   Esk, River (2)
locality:-   Eskdale
civil parish:-   Eskdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY20380089
1Km square:-   NY2000
10Km square:-   NY20


photograph
BNJ61.jpg (taken 14.3.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 79) 
placename:-  Wha 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.
"Wha Bridge"

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.
image
D4NY20SW.jpg
double line across a river; a bridge 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Wha House 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.
image
BEL9NY20.jpg
"WHA HOUSE"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library

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