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Whitebeck Bridge, Whitebeck
Whitebeck Bridge
locality:-   Whitebeck
civil parish:-   Crosthwaite and Lyth (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   SD45358964
1Km square:-   SD4589
10Km square:-   SD48
SummaryText:-   Over a drainage ditch.


photograph
BYE73.jpg (taken 26.4.2013)  
photograph
BYE74.jpg  Under arch.
(taken 26.4.2013)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 13) 
placename:-  Whitebeck 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:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BRIDGE APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES TO EAST OF LYTH VALLEY HOTEL / / / CROSTHWAITE AND LYTH / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 77104 / SD4535189635"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Bridge over drainage ditch. Probably early C19. Stone rubble and some dressed stone. Segmental arch and low parapets. Approx. 3.5m wide. Built in connection with drainage works after enclosure of 1815."

MN photo:-  
Just a drainage ditch. Probably dug after enclosure about 1815.

photograph
BYE75.jpg (taken 26.4.2013)  
photograph
BYE76.jpg (taken 26.4.2013)  

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