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Nether Bridge, Kendal
Nether Bridge
site name:-   Kent, River
locality:-   Kendal
civil parish:-   Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   SD51669193
1Km square:-   SD5191
10Km square:-   SD59

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BJS42.jpg  From downstream.
(taken 14.8.2005)  
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BJS43.jpg (taken 14.8.2005)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 8) 
placename:-  Nether 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:- Speed 1611
placename:-  Neither Bridge
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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SP14Mk.jpg
"9 Neither Bridge"
bridge of 3 arches over the Kent 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 38) 
placename:-  Neither Bridge
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, continuation of the Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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OG38m252.jpg
In mile 256, Westmoreland. 
A turning into Kendal crosses the river at:-  "Neither bridg"
item:-  JandMN : 21
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
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MD10SD59.jpg
Road and river intersect. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 93) 
placename:-  Nether Bridge
source data:-   Strip maps, uncoloured engravings, road maps, The Road from London to Carlisle, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Lancashire and Westmorland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.
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B093m252.jpg
At mile 256+. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.100
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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
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Simpson 1746
source data:-   Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.
image SMP3P5, button  goto source
Page 1023:-  "..."
"Kendal, called also Kirkby Candale, i.e. a Church in the Valley upon the River Can, over which it has two Bridges of Stone, and one of Wood, ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Nether Bridge
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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BO18SD49.jpg
"Nether Bridge"
road across the Kent 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770
placename:-  Nether Bridge
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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"Nether Br"
bridge 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Nether Bridge
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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J5SD59SW.jpg
"Nether Bridge"
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.
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Page 177:-  "... The entrance [to Kendal] from the south is by another bridge, which makes a short awkward turn into the suburbs, but after that, the street opens well, and the town has a chearful appearance. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Nether Bridge
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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CY24SD59.jpg
"Nether Br"
road across a stream; bridge over the Kent 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   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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road across stream; bridge? 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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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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OT02SD59.jpg
Implied by a road across the Kent. 
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old print:- Bradley 1901
source data:-   Print, uncoloured lithograph, Kendal, Westmorland, by Joseph Pennell, published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1901.
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BRL177.jpg
The bridge is Nether Bridge. 
On page 298 of Highways and Byways in the Lake District, by A G Bradley. 
printed at bottom:-  "Kendal."
item:-  JandMN : 464.77
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hearsay:-  
 In 1376, Edward II made a grant of pontage for three years, the right to charge tolls, to
"the good men of Kirkeby in Kendal for three years in aid of their bridge which is broken down ..."
The signs of an old packhorse bridge on the downstream side are visible under the arches; the middle section was an addition in 1722 when the route was turnpiked; the upstream side dates from 1908.
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