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Dalston Bridge, Dalston
Dalston Bridge
Union Bridge
site name:-   Caldew, River
locality:-   Buckabank
civil parish:-   Dalston (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY36964910
1Km square:-   NY3649
10Km square:-   NY34

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BUE72.jpg (taken 11.3.2011)  
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BUE73.jpg (taken 11.3.2011)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 30 6) 
placename:-  Dalston 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.
evidence:-   perhaps old map:- Saxton 1579
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Sax9NY34.jpg
By Dawston. 
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.
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MER8CumC.jpg
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double across a stream; bridge, over the Caldew at Dalston 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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SP11NY34.jpg
double line across the Caldew at Dalston 
item:-  private collection : 16
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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JAN3NY34.jpg
Double line crossing the stream. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   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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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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Double line over the Cauda by Dalston. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   perhaps old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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BO18NY34.jpg
double line across the Caldew 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   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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double line across a river; a bridge at Buckabank 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Dalston Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"DALSTON BRIDGE / / / DALSTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78313 / NY3696349112"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Roadbridge over the River Caldew. Dated 1812 with inscription UNION BRIDGE on central parapet stones. Snecked red sandstone ashlar. 3 segmental arches on pointed cutwaters. String course under solid parapet: oval inscription stones on either side. Named Dalston Bridge on O.S. map."

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BUE75.jpg  View of river.
(taken 11.3.2011)  
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BUE76.jpg  View of river.
(taken 11.3.2011)  

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BUE74.jpg (taken 11.3.2011)  
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BUE77.jpg  Inscription on the upstream face:-
"[UNION BRIDGE / 1812]" (taken 11.3.2011)  
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BUE78.jpg (taken 11.3.2011)  
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