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New Bridge, Borrowdale
New Bridge
site name:-   Derwent, River
locality:-   Rosthwaite
civil parish:-   Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY25191510
1Km square:-   NY2515
10Km square:-   NY21
SummaryText:-   transport &road


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BOK87.jpg (taken 19.1.2008)  
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BOK86.jpg (taken 19.1.2008)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 70 9) 
placename:-  New Bridge
placename:-  Bridge, New
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:-   probably 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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D4NY21SE.jpg
double line across a river; a bridge over the Derwent 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old print:- Green 1804 (plate 27) 
placename:-  New Bridge
source data:-   Print, uncoloured aquatint, New Bridge in Borrowdale, Rosthwaite, Borrowdale, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1804.
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GN1627.jpg
Plate 27 from a series. 
printed at bottom:-  "New Bridge in Borrowdale. / Drawn and Engraved by Wm. Green, and Published at Ambleside, June 24, 1804."
printed at top right:-  "27"
item:-  Armitt Library : 2014.176
Image © see bottom of page

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