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Lowmill Bridge, Kirkby Stephen
Lowmill Bridge
Low Mill Bridge
site name:-   Eden, River
locality:-   Kirkby Stephen
civil parish:-   Kirkby Stephen (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Hartley (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY77530905
1Km square:-   NY7709
10Km square:-   NY70


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BLW75.jpg (taken 21.4.2006)  
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BLW76.jpg (taken 21.4.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 23 11) 
placename:-  Low Mill Bridge
placename:-  Mill Bridge, Low
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:-   possibly old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, with descriptive text, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
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BD12.jpg
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double line across a stream 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.62
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   probably old map:- Cooper 1808
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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COP4.jpg
road across stream; bridge? 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Lowmill Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"LOWMILL BRIDGE / / / KIRKBY STEPHEN / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73022 / NY7752709047"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"LOWMILL BRIDGE OVER RIVER EDEN AT KIRKBY STEPHEN / / HARTLEY ROAD / HARTLEY / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73340 / NY7753409050"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Bridge, cC17 (R.C.H.M.), half in Hartley Parish. Coursed, squared rubble with 2 segmental arches and central pier with cutwater. Flat stone parapet to both sides, repaired in places, with horizontal stone band below."

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