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Raven Bridge, Kirkoswald
Raven Bridge
site name:-   Raven Beck
civil parish:-   Kirkoswald (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY60204309
1Km square:-   NY6043
10Km square:-   NY64


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BUK10.jpg (taken 23.4.2011)  
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BTF96.jpg (taken 27.7.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 40 4) 
placename:-  Raven 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:-   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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D4NY64SW.jpg
double line across a river; a bridge over the Raven at Renwick 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Renwick Bridge
placename:-  Raven High 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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BEL9NY64.jpg
"RENWICK OR RAVEN HIGH"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library


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BUK11.jpg  View of river.
(taken 23.4.2011)  

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