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| Old Bridge, Milnthorpe | ||
| site name:- | Bela, River | |
| locality:- | Milnthorpe | |
| civil parish:- | Milnthorpe (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | bridge | |
| coordinates:- | SD49338141 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD4981 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD48 | |
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 BYG97.jpg (taken 30.4.2013)  BYG98.jpg Water gate. (taken 30.4.2013) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805. CY24SD48.jpg road across a stream; bridge over the Bela item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Bradley 1901 |
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| source data:- | Print, uncoloured lithograph, Milnthorpe, Westmorland, by Joseph Pennell, published
by Macmillan and Co, London, 1901. click to enlargeBRL185.jpg Old Bridge, Milnthorpe looking towards Dallam Tower, Beetham. On page 320 of Highways and Byways in the Lake District, by A G Bradley. printed at lower centre:- "Joseph Pennell" printed at bottom:- "Milnthorpe." item:- JandMN : 464.85 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "BRIDGE ONE QUARTER OF A MILE NORTH EAST OF DALLAM TOWER / / / MILNTHORPE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75555 / SD4933281411" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "FOOTBRIDGE OVER RIVER BELA APPROXIMATELY 400 METRES EAST NORTH EAST OF MILNTHORPE BRIDGE / / B5282 / BEETHAM / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76565 / SD4933381410" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Former road-bridge now foot-bridge. 1730 by Robert Robinson, mason and Robert Bindloss, waller. Stone rubble with roughly cut copings and voussoirs. 2 segmental arches and cutwaters with pedestrian refuges between them. Carriageway 12' wide. Landscape value. Road closed in 1813 when new Turnpike road formed. Further information and map of old and new roads: J F CURWEN Records of Kendal Vol III, pub. Titus Wilson 1926 p226 and J.F. CURWEN, History of Heversham with Milnthorpe, pub. Titus Wilson 1930 p74." |
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| hearsay:- |
Built by Robert Robinson, mason, and Robert Bindloss, waller, 1760; cost L90. It remained
in use to 1813. |
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| There was an earlier bridge 20 yards upstream, built 1542. |
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