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| Braithwaite Bridges, Above Derwent | ||
| Braithwaite Bridges | ||
| Newlands Beck Bridge | ||
| site name:- | Newlands Beck | |
| locality:- | Braithwaite | |
| civil parish:- | Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | bridge | |
| coordinates:- | NY24072369 | |
| coordinates:- | NY24142371 | |
| coordinates:- | NY24122368 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2423 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY22 | |
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 BSH91.jpg Newlands Beck Bridge, (taken 19.3.2010)  BSH92.jpg Newlands Beck Bridge, plaque:- "CUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL / NEWLANDS BECK BRIDGE / REBUILT 192[5]" (taken 19.3.2010) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 5) placename:- Braithwaite Bridges |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64) placename:- Braithwaite Bridges |
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| 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. "Braithwaite Bridges" |
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| evidence:- | probably old map:- Bell 1892 placename:- Newlands Beck Bridge |
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| 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. BEL9NY22.jpg "NEWLANDS BECK" bridge symbol Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges item:- Carlisle Library : Map 38 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| observation:- |
There are three, or more, bridges around this site. Newlands Beck Bridge on the old
road, over that beck; and two 'dry' bridges which show signs of water flow during
floods of winter 2009-2010. |
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 BSH93.jpg Depth gauges at Newlands Beck Bridge (taken 19.3.2010) |
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 BSH88.jpg Old bridge, (taken 19.3.2010)  BSH90.jpg Old bridge, under view showing evidence of widening. (taken 19.3.2010)  BSH89.jpg Stile at the old bridge, (taken 19.3.2010) |
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 BSH95.jpg Older bridge, on road beside the old road. (taken 19.3.2010) |
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