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| Low Bridge, Braithwaite | ||
| Low Bridge | ||
| site name:- | Coledale Beck | |
| locality:- | Braithwaite | |
| civil parish:- | Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | bridge | |
| coordinates:- | NY23142358 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2323 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY22 | |
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| evidence:- | perhaps old print:- Fielding and Walton 1821 (plate 44) |
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| source data:- | Print, coloured aquatint, Grisedale Pike, Above Derwent, Cumberland, drawn by Theodore
H A Fielding, published by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, London, 1821. click to enlargeFW0144.jpg The pike peeps between the tree branches: I am inclined to think the bridge might be the one in Braithwaite village, on the Coledale Beck. Tipped in opposite p.272 in A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes. item:- Dove Cottage : 1993.R566.44 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | possibly old map:- Bell 1892 placename:- Braithwaite Bridge |
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| source data:- | Map, colour lithograph, Road Map of Cumberland, by George Joseph
Bell, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, printed by Charles
Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892. BEL9NY22.jpg "BRAITHWAITE" bridge symbol Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges item:- Carlisle Library : Map 38 Image © Carlisle Library |
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 BUH25.jpg Inscribed stone leaning on the end of a parapet:- "[S V L / H J / S T / 9F6]" (taken 28.3.2011) |
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