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Force Bridge, Sedgwick
Force Bridge
site name:-   Kent, River
Street:-   Force Lane (altered route) 
civil parish:-   Sedgwick (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Helsington (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
locality type:-   boundary feature
locality type:-   parish boundary feature
coordinates:-   SD50758685
1Km square:-   SD5086
10Km square:-   SD58

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BJS36.jpg (taken 12.8.2005)  
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BXD37.jpg  Plaque:-
"W.C.C. FORCE BRIDGE 1969" (taken 15.8.2012)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 42 4) 
placename:-  Force 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 painting:- 
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, View on the River Kent, Force Bridge, Sedgwick, Westmorland, by Paul Sandby, 1760s-70s.
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PR0811.jpg
Foreshortened view of the small natural weir of a river spanned in centre of composition by a stone bridge. Trees line either bank. 
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1905.10A.2
Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-   old painting:- 
placename:-  Force Bridge
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, View of Force Bridge and a Fall of the River Kent Five Miles South of Kendal, Sedgwick, Westmorland, by Paul Sandby, 1760s-70s.
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PR0810.jpg
Foreshortened view of the small natural weir of a river spanned in centre of composition by a stone bridge. Trees line either bank. 
inscribed at lower edge:-  "View of Force Bridge and a Fall of the River Kent 5 miles South of Kendal"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1905.10A.1
Image © Tullie House Museum
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.
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J5SD58NW.jpg
double line, road, across a stream; bridge 
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 WS21P184, button  goto source
Page 184:-  "... fall in with the course of the river [Kent] at Force-bridge, ..."
image WS21P185, button  goto source
Page 185:-  "... The bridge is one bold arch, supported by the opposite rocks, of unknown antiquity. A mantle of ivy vails (sic) its ancient front, and gives it a most venerable appearance. ..."
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.
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CY24SD58.jpg
road across a stream; bridge over the Kent 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
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OT02SD58.jpg
Implied by a road crossing the Kent 
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   :- Hullmandel 1826
placename:-  Force Bridge
source data:-   image  click to enlarge
HUL102.jpg
Print, uncoloured lithograph, Force Bridge, near Sedgwick, Westmorland, drawn by Miss I Cropper and Miss S Atkins, published by Charles Hullmandel, London, 1826.  "Drawn on Stone by I.C & S.A. / Printed by C. Hullmandel. / FORCE BRIDGE. / NEAR SEDGWICK"
item:-  
Armitt Library : ALMA370.2
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photograph
CCP69.jpg  View of river.
(taken 13.3.2015)  
photograph
CCP67.jpg  View of river.
(taken 13.3.2015)  
photograph
CCP68.jpg  View of river.
(taken 13.3.2015)  
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