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Ees Bridge, Hawkshead
Ees Bridge
site name:-   Cunsey Beck
civil parish:-   Hawkshead (formerly Lancashire)
civil parish:-   Claife (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   SD36589521
1Km square:-   SD3695
10Km square:-   SD39


photograph
BMF88.jpg (taken 12.6.2006)  
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BMF89.jpg  Plaque:-
"C.C. EES BRIDGE / REBUILT 1907" (taken 12.6.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 5 10) 
placename:-  Ees 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.

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
J5SD39NE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; river 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
image WS21P055, button  goto source
Page 55:-  "ESTHWAITE-WATER,"
"... The lake is encompassed with a good carriage road, and over its outlet is a narrow stone bridge. ..."

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