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Ouse Bridge, Ouse Bridge
Ouse Bridge
site name:-   Derwent, River
locality:-   Ouse Bridge
civil parish:-   Blindcrake (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Setmurthy (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY19963210
1Km square:-   NY1932
10Km square:-   NY13


photograph
BJQ23.jpg (taken 7.2005)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 46 15) 
placename:-  Ouse 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:-   probably old map:- Saxton 1579
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
image
Sax9NY13.jpg
By Armathwaite. 
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Ouse Bridge
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.
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MER8CumB.jpg
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double across a stream; bridge, over the Derwent 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
image
SP11NY22.jpg
double line across the Derwent 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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JAN3NY23.jpg
Double line crossing the stream. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
placename:-  Woose Bridge
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
image
OG96m035.jpg
In mile 38, Cumberland. 
Road crosses:-  "Woose bridg of wood"
over the river running out of the lake. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
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evidence:-   old map:- Sanson 1679
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about 9.5 miles to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679.
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SAN2Cm.jpg
double line over a stream; bridge 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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SEL9.jpg
two lines cross a stream; bridge 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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MD12NY23.jpg
Double line over a stream, over the Derwent at Armanthwaite. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen 1720 (plate 260) 
source data:-   Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, pl.260, The Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland, published by Emanuel Bowen, St Katherines, London, 1720.
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B260m25.jpg
"Woode Bri"
Past mile 28. 
item:-  private collection : 1.260
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evidence:-   old map:- Badeslade 1742
placename:-  
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, A Map of Cumberland North from London, scale about 11 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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BD10.jpg
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double line across a stream 
item:-  JandMN : 115
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evidence:-   old map:- Gents Mag 1751
placename:-  Ews Bridge
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Black Lead Mines in Cumberland, and area, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by George Smith, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1751.
image
GM1313.jpg
"Ews Bridge"
bridge 
item:-  JandMN : 114
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
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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BO18NY12.jpg
road across the Derwent 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Ouse Bridge
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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D4NY13SE.jpg
"Ouse Bridge"
double line across a river; a bridge over the Derwent, and buildings 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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 WS21P121, button  goto source
Page 121:-  "[At the north-]west corner, the Derwent issues from the lake, and is spanned by a handsome stone bridge of three arches. ..."
image WS21P209, button  goto source
Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 
Page 209:-  "... The sky was overcast, and the wind cool; so after dining at a public-house, which stands here near the bridge, that crosses the Derwent just where it issues from the lake, and sauntering a little by the water side, I came home again."

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
image
CT6NY23B.jpg
Drawn by a bridge symbol. 
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.4
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evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Ouse Bridge
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
image
Ws02NY13.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Bassenthwaite Lake) 
source data:-   Map, A Map of Broadwater and its Environs, ie Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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CL8NY23B.jpg
item:-  private collection : 10.8
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Ouse Bridge
source data:-   Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.
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Lw18.jpg
"Ouse Br."
bridge 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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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.
image
OT02NY13.jpg
Implied by a road across the stream. 
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Ouse Bridge
source data:-   Map, colour lithograph, Road Map of Cumberland, by George Joseph Bell, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, printed by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
image
BEL9NY13.jpg
"OUSE BRIDGE"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Ouse Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"OUSE BRIDGE, COCKERMOUTH, CUMBRIA / / / BLINDCRAKE / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72537 / NY1996632096"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Roadbridge. Early C19. Calciferous sandstone ashlar with red sandstone ashlar parapets. 2 segmental arches on piers with splayed cutwaters. Solid chamfered parapets. OS bench mark in centre of east parapet. This bridge lies partly in Setmurthy Parish."

hearsay:-  
About 1830 John Martin persuaded his sweetheart to meet him at Ouse bridge, to set off for Gretna to be married. When she stepped up on the bridge wall to mount behind him on his horse, he pushed her off into the river. She fell in with a small basket and a part open umbrella. These helped her float down the river to where she caught a tree branch; she hauled herself ashore and walked to a friend's house to spend the night in safety. In the morning she went to John Martin's home and told his uncle what had happened. When the young man came in from the fields his uncle knocked him down with a dungfork. John Martin was committed for trial at Carlisle assizes, but died of cholera before the he culd be tried.

:: Cockermouth 1866

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