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| New Bridge, Kirkby Stephen | ||
| New Bridge | ||
| site name:- | Eden, River | |
| Street:- | A685 road | |
| locality:- | Kirkby Stephen | |
| civil parish:- | Kirkby Stephen (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | bridge | |
| coordinates:- | NY77400951 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7709 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY70 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 23 11) placename:- New Bridge placename:- Bridge, New |
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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 map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) |
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| source data:- | Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1
mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas
Jefferys, London, 1770. J5NY70NE.jpg double line, road, across a stream; bridge item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805. CY24NY70.jpg road across a stream; bridge over the Eden item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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| ghost story:- |
Jingling Annas, or Jingling Nannie, was a dobbie who bothered travellers crossing
the bridge. It is said that a catholic priest put the dobbie to rest till Judgement
Day; other say that the Wise Man of Stainmore put him to sleep beneath a rock nearby. |
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| Robertson, Dawn & Koronka, Peter: 1992: Secrets and Legends of Old Westmorland: Pagan
Press (Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria) &Cumbria CC (library service) |
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