Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Eamont Bridge
	other name:-	Yamon Bridge
	parish	Yanwath and Eamont Bridge parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		building/s
	coordinates:-	NY5228
	10Km square:-	NY52
	1Km square	NY5228
	old map:-	OS County Series (Cmd 59 5)
		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.
	placename:-	Eamontbridge
		building/s
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	old map (vignette):-	Burrow 1920s
		Road strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, now Cumbria, irregular scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s.
	date:-	1920=1929
	period:-	1920s
	old photograph:-	Bell 1880s-1940s
		Photograph, House at Eamont Bridge, date stone, Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1895.
		Vol.1 no.64 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910.
		ms at bottom:-
		64. House at Eamont Bridge. Barton. W.
	date:-	1895
	period:-	1890s
	old map:-	Ford 1839 map
		Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839.
		Eamont Br.
	placename:-	Eamont Bridge
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	road book:-	Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
		Road book, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, published by G and J Cary, 86 St James's Street, London, 1798-1828.
		page 267-268
		Emont Bridge
		page 281-282
		Emont Bridge
	placename:-	Emont Bridge
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	old text:-	Clarke 1787
		Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787 and 1789; and Plans of the Lakes ... 1793.
		Page 11:-
		...
		We now enter the small but neat village of Emont Bridge, consisting only of a few cottages; yet so excellently is this spot situated for trade, that besides a very considerable bleaching-ground, several fulling mills, &c. here is a silk and woolen Dyer, of sufficient abilities to produce all those beautiful tints which are employed in the Earl of Lonsdale's splendid Carpet-Manufactory, whose excellence is universally known.
	placename:-	Emont Bridge
	date:-	1787
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old map:-	Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
		Map, The County of Westmoreland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed by J Ainslie and perhaps T Donald, engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
		Eamont Bridge
		blocks, labelled in upright lowercase text; settlement; town?
	placename:-	Eamont Bridge
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1770
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760
		New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
		blocks, on road
	placename:-	Emon Bridge
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	descriptive text:-	Defoe 1724-26
		Travel book, Tour through England and Wales, by Daniel Defoe, published in parts, London, 1724-26.
		... the great road leads to the left-hand to Perith, in going to which we first pass the Eden, at a very good stone bridge call'd Louther Bridge, and then the Elnot over another.
	placename:-	Louther Bridge
	date:-	1724=1726
	period:-	18th century, early; 1720s
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Wmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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		Emot
		Circle, building and tower.
	placename:-	Emot
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Ogilby 1675 (plate 38)
		Road book, Britannia, strip road maps, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland etc, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675; and a general map of England and Wales.
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		In mile 281, Westmorland.
		Emonbridge
		Houses drawn each side of the road.
	placename:-	Emonbridge
	date:-	1675
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	hearth tax returns:-	Hearth Tax 1675
		Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
		The bridge
		in
		Yainwath and Bridge
	placename:-	Bridge, The
	date:-	1675
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	hearth tax returns:-	Hearth Tax 1670
		in Westmoreland / The Hundred of Bottome of Westmoreland
		Records, hearth tax returns, exchequer duplicates, Westmorland, 1670.
		Emond Bridge
	placename:-	Emond Bridge
	date:-	1670
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
		Arthur's Round Table, Yanwath etc
		Bee Boles Cottage, Eamont Bridge
		Beehive Inn, Eamont Bridge
		Bridge End, Eamont Bridge
		Crown, Eamont Bridge
		drain, Eamont Bridge
		Eamont Bridge bridge, Yanwath etc
		Eamont Bridge House, Eamont Bridge
		house, Eamont Bridge
		house, Eamont Bridge (3)
		house, Eamont Bridge (4)
		house, Eamont Bridge (5)
		hydrant plate, Eamont Bridge
		Kemplay Bank, Eamont Bridge
		milestone, Yanwath etc
		village hall, Eamont Bridge
		Welcome Inn, Eamont Bridge
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013

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