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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 | |
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 CCJ97.jpg (taken 11.2.2015)  CCJ98.jpg (taken 11.2.2015) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 6) placename:- Low Sweden Bridge placename:- Sweden Bridge, Low |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Wordsworth 1810 |
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| 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. goto sourcepage 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. ..." |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) placename:- Nook Bridge |
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| 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. 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." |
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| evidence:- | old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s |
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| source data:- | Photograph, black and white, stereo photo, Nook Bridge on the Scandale Beck, Ambleside
area, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1900s? click to enlargeHB0971.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 |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Low Sweden Bridge |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "LOW SWEDEN BRIDGE / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 450574 / NY3752205527" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Late C17 bridge with modern parapet and railing." |
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| evidence:- | old painting:- Ibbetson 1780-1830 placename:- Nook End Bridge |
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| 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. click to enlargePR1807.jpg ms, pencil, lower right "N[ End] Bridge [Ambleside]" item:- Armitt Library : 1959.82 Image © see bottom of page |
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 CCJ99.jpg View of river. (taken 11.2.2015) |
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