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Pooley Bridge, Pooley Bridge
Pooley Bridge
site name:-   Eamont, River
locality:-   Pooley Bridge
civil parish:-   Barton (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Dacre (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
locality type:-   flood
locality type:-   boundary feature
locality type:-   county boundary feature
coordinates:-   NY47002442
1Km square:-   NY4724
10Km square:-   NY42

photograph
BLN41.jpg (taken 4.1.2006)  
photograph
BYB98.jpg (taken 10.4.2013)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 7 6) 
placename:-  Pooley 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.
OS County Series (Cmd 66 2) 
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
J5NY42SE.jpg
double line, road, across a stream; bridge 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Pooly 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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D4NY42SE.jpg
"Pooly Bridge"
double line across a river; a bridge at Pooley Bridge 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   presumably descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Barton Bridge
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 WS21P201, button  goto source
Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 
Page 201:-  "... I descended Dunmallet again by the side avenue, ... and came to Barton-bridge over the Eamont; then walked through a path in the wood round the bottom of the hill, came forth where the Eamont issues out of the lake, ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Ull) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Accurate Map of the Beautiful Lake of Ullswater, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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CT5NY42S.jpg
Clearly marked over the Eamont. 
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.7
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Pooley 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.
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Ws02NY42.jpg
item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ullswater) 
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Lake Ullswater and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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CL4NY42S.jpg
Drawn by a bridge symbol. 
item:-  private collection : 10.4
Image © see bottom of page
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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CY24NY42.jpg
road across a stream; bridge 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Pooley Bridge
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
OT02NY42.jpg
the bridge 
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Pooley 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.
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BEL9NY42.jpg
"POOLEY BRIDGE"
bridge symbol; on county boundary 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Pooley Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"POOLEY BRIDGE / / / DACRE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73790 / NY4698724432"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Roadbridge. Inscribed on parapet stone JS &IR 1764. Squared blocks of dressed red and calciferous sandstone. 3 segmental arches with recessed voussoirs on piers with splayed cutwaters, carried up to form pedestrian refuges. Solid parapet with chamfered coping. This bridge lies partly in Barton C.P."
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"POOLEY BRIDGE (THAT PART IN BARTON CP) / / B5320 / BARTON / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74501 / NY4699424427"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Roadbridge. Inscribed on parapet stone JS &IR 1764. Squared blocks of dressed red and calciferous sandstone. 3 segmental arches with recessed voussoirs on piers with splayed cutwaters, carried up to form pedestrian refuges. Solid parapet with chamfered coping. This bridge lies partly in Dacre C.P."

photograph
BLN40.jpg  View of river.
Looking downstream from Pooley Bridge.
(taken 4.1.2006)  

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BLN42.jpg (taken 4.1.2006)  
MN photo:-  
 The old bridge was destroyed in floods, December 2015. The bailey bridge is temporary, we trust.

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CFO80.jpg (taken 7.10.2016)  
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CFO81.jpg (taken 7.10.2016)  
hearsay:-  
 There was a fish weir before the bridge was built. Salmon and other fish were sold in a market in the village.
Built in the 16th century; rebuilt 18th century? Destroyed in floods, December 2015.
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