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Low Sweden Bridge, Ambleside
Low Sweden Bridge
Nook Bridge
site name:-   Scandale Beck
Street:-   Nook Lane
locality:-   Nook End
locality:-   Ambleside
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
locality type:-   stepping stones (?) 
coordinates:-   NY37510553
1Km square:-   NY3705
10Km square:-   NY30


photograph
CCJ97.jpg (taken 11.2.2015)  
photograph
CCJ98.jpg (taken 11.2.2015)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 6) 
placename:-  Low Sweden Bridge
placename:-  Sweden Bridge, Low
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 text:- Wordsworth 1810
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of the Scenery of the Lakes, later A Guide through the District of The Lakes, by William Wordsworth, 1810-35.
image WW01pr12, button  goto source
page xii  "... And by a Tourist halting a few days in Ambleside, the Nook also might be visited; a spot where there is a bridge over Scandale-beck, which makes a pretty subject for the pencil. ..."

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Nook Bridge
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 FD01P034, button  goto source
Page 34:-  "..."
"Scandale Beck, on the road to Keswick, presents some pretty cascades, especially if the walk be extended up from Scandale Bridge. The Nook Bridge and the Gale are equally inviting."

evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
source data:-   Photograph, black and white, stereo photo, Nook Bridge on the Scandale Beck, Ambleside area, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1900s?
image  click to enlarge
HB0971.jpg
ms at mount:-  "[N]ook Bridge"
printed at rev of mount:-  "Herbert Bell / Ambleside."
item:-  Armitt Library : 2005.151
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Low Sweden Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"LOW SWEDEN BRIDGE / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 450574 / NY3752205527"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Late C17 bridge with modern parapet and railing."

evidence:-   old painting:- Ibbetson 1780-1830
placename:-  Nook End Bridge
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Nook End Bridge, ie Low Sweden Bridge at Nook End on Scandale Beck, Ambleside, Westmorland, by Julius Caesar Ibbetson, late 18th early 19th century.
image  click to enlarge
PR1807.jpg
ms, pencil, lower right  "N[ End] Bridge [Ambleside]"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.82
Image © see bottom of page


photograph
CCJ99.jpg  View of river.
(taken 11.2.2015)  

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