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bridge, Tynehead
site name:-   South Tyne, River
locality:-   Tynehead
civil parish:-   Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   footbridge
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY76133803
1Km square:-   NY7638
10Km square:-   NY73

evidence:-   old print:- Wallace 1890
source data:-   Print, lithograph, The First Bridge on the Tyne, Cumberland, published by Mawson, Swan and Morgan, Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, 1890
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Tipped in opposite p.200 in Alston Moor, its Pastoral People, its Mines and Miners. 
"... a short distance below the junction of Clargill burn with this river. ... copied from Palmer's 'Tyne and its Tributaries.' ..." 
printed at bottom:-  "FIRST BRIDGE ON THE TYNE."
item:-  private collection : 160.8
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