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Cambeck Bridge, Brampton
Cambeck Bridge
site name:-   Cam Beck
civil parish:-   Brampton (formerly Cumberland) (I think) 
civil parish:-   Irthington (formerly Cumberland) (perhaps) 
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY50956268
1Km square:-   NY5062
10Km square:-   NY56


photograph
BOB57.jpg (taken 31.8.2007)  
photograph
BOB58.jpg (taken 31.8.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 17 4) 
placename:-  Cambeck 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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D4NY56SW.jpg
double line across a river; a bridge over the Cam Beck 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Campbeck 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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BEL9NY56.jpg
"CAMPBECK"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Cambeck Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"CAMBECK BRIDGE / / A6071 (NORTH WEST OF BRAMPTON) / BRAMPTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 77790 / NY5095562675"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Road bridge over the River Irthing. Early C19 probably for Brampton to Longtown Turnpike Trust or County Council. Rusticated red sandstone ashlar. 2 round arches on single pier. Pier has rounded cutwaters. Pilastered abutments with string course below shaped parapet. Red sandstone walls to approaches at either side. Snecked ashlar face to inner parapet."


photograph
BOB59.jpg  View of river.
(taken 31.8.2007)  

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