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Irthing Bridge, Brampton
Irthing Bridge
site name:-   Irthing, River
civil parish:-   Brampton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY51286232
1Km square:-   NY5162
10Km square:-   NY56


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BOB62.jpg (taken 31.8.2007)  
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BOB63.jpg (taken 31.8.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 17 4) 
placename:-  Irthing 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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
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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D4NY56SW.jpg
double line across a river; a bridge or ford on the Irthing 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Irthing 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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BEL9NY56.jpg
"IRTHING"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Irthing Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"IRTHING BRIDGE / / A6071 (NORTH WEST OF BRAMPTON) / BRAMPTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 77791 / NY5127962320"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Road Bridge over the River Irthing. Probably 1729, with alterations for the Brampton - Longtown Turnpike Trust, formed 1807. Dressed red sandstone. 3 arched bridge on 2 piers with splayed cut-waters, humped back and of single track width."


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BOB60.jpg  View of river.
(taken 31.8.2007)  


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BOB61.jpg (taken 31.8.2007)  

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