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Townhead Bridge, Alston
Townhead Bridge
locality:-   Alston
civil parish:-   Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge (?now culvert) 
coordinates:-   NY72064630 (guess) 
1Km square:-   NY7246
10Km square:-   NY74

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 34 9) 
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.
stream from a mill dam 

evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Town Head 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.
image
BEL9NY74.jpg
"TOWN HEAD"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library

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