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Blackburn Bridge, Leadgate
Blackburn Bridge
site name:-   Black Burn (2)
locality:-   Leadgate
civil parish:-   Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY70774355
1Km square:-   NY7043
10Km square:-   NY74


photograph
BSJ41.jpg (taken 26.3.2010)  
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BSJ42.jpg  Plaque:-
"C.C.C. / BLACKBURN BRIDGE / BUILT / ..." (taken 26.3.2010)  

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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D4NY74SW.jpg
double line across a river; a bridge 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Black Burn 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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BEL9NY74.jpg
"BLACK BURN"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library


photograph
BSJ43.jpg  View of river.
(taken 26.3.2010)  

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