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Joestown Bridge, Alstonby
locality:-   Alstonby
civil parish:-   Kirklinton Middle (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Westlinton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY40596459
1Km square:-   NY4064
10Km square:-   NY46


photograph
BQJ67.jpg (taken 11.4.2009)  
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BQJ68.jpg  Plaque on north parapet:-
"C.C.C. / JOESTOWN BRIDGE / [ ]" (taken 11.4.2009)  
Alstony Grange used to be called Joestown.

evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Joycestown Bridge
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.
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BEL9NY46.jpg
"JOYCESTOWN"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library


photograph
BQJ69.jpg  Plaque on south parapet:-
"CUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL / ALSTONBY GRANGE BRIDGE / WIDENED 1938" (taken 11.4.2009)  

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