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Beetham Bridge, Beetham
Beetham Bridge
site name:-   Bela, River
locality:-   Beetham
civil parish:-   Beetham (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   SD49697968
1Km square:-   SD4979
10Km square:-   SD47


photograph
BVT88.jpg (taken 6.1.2102)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 46 7) 
placename:-  Beetham Bridge
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.
"Beetham Bridge"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
image
J5SD47NE.jpg
double line, road, across a stream; bridge 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24SD47.jpg
road across a stream; bridge over the Bela 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

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