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bridge, Thirlspot
site name:-   Helvellyn Gill
locality:-   Thirlspot
civil parish:-   St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY31671775
1Km square:-   NY3117
10Km square:-   NY31

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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double line across a river; a bridge at Thirlspot 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Thirlspot 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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"THIRLSPOT"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library

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