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Braithwaite Bridge, Low Braithwaite
Braithwaite Bridge
site name:-   Braithwaite Beck
locality:-   Low Braithwaite
civil parish:-   Skelton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Hesket (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY42824219
1Km square:-   NY4242
10Km square:-   NY44


photograph
BUC10.jpg (taken 25.2.2011)  
photograph
BUC11.jpg (taken 25.2.2011)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 39 5) 
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.
"Ford"

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.
image
D4NY44SW.jpg
double line across a river; a bridge at Low Braithwaite 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library


photograph
BUC13.jpg  View of river.
(taken 25.2.2011)  
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BUC14.jpg  View of river.
Depth gauge; and note the sandstone soil.
(taken 25.2.2011)  


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BUC12.jpg  Plaque:-
"BRAITHWAITE / BRIDGE / 1900" (taken 25.2.2011)  

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