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Bouthrey Bridge, Colton
Bouthrey Bridge
site name:-   Crake, River
civil parish:-   Colton (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Blawith and Subberthwaite (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   SD29128896
1Km square:-   SD2988
10Km square:-   SD28

photograph
BOK27.jpg 
(taken 11.1.2008)  
photograph
BOK29.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"C C / BOUTHRE[Y] / BRIDGE" (taken 11.1.2008)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 7 7) 
placename:-  Bouthray 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:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Bowdray Bridge
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
image
FD02SD28.jpg
"Bowdray Bridge"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Bouthray Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BOUTHRAY BRIDGE (THAT PART IN BLAWITH) / / / BLAWITH AND SUBBERTHWAITE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76710 / SD2912688980"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BOUTHRAY BRIDGE (THAT PART IN COLTON) / / / COLTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 421457 / SD2912788980"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Bridge. Date uncertain, probably C18. Stone rubble. 2 segmental arches, that to east wider. Central pier on concrete base, with cutwater to north elevation. Plain parapet, with stone inscribed: "CC/BOUTHRAY BRIDGE". Bridge has been widened (straight joint to soffits of arches). Part of this bridge is in Colton CP."

photograph
BOK28.jpg  Access notice:-
"B.C.U. / Canoe Access Agreement / No canoe access here" (taken 11.1.2008)  
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