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Crooks Bridge, Colton
Crooks Bridge
site name:-   Rusland Pool
civil parish:-   Colton (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   SD34428639
1Km square:-   SD3486
10Km square:-   SD38

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 8) 
placename:-  Crooks Bridge
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.
"Crooks Bridge"

evidence:-   possibly old map:- Sanson 1679
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about 9.5 miles to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679.
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SAN2Cm.jpg
double line over a stream; bridge 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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