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Broughton High Bridge, Broughton
Broughton High Bridge
site name:-   Derwent, River
civil parish:-   Broughton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Brigham (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY08163128
1Km square:-   NY0831
10Km square:-   NY03


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BPT29.jpg (taken 22.10.2008)  
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BPT25.jpg (taken 22.10.2008)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 54 2) 
placename:-  Broughton High 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:-   possibly old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Broughton 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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BEL9NY03.jpg
"BROUGHTON"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Broughton High Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BROUGHTON HIGH BRIDGE / / GREAT BROUGHTON / BROUGHTON / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72220 / NY0815631266"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Roadbridge. Dated on centre of parapet 1835. Rusticated calciferous sandstone ashlar. 3 segmental arches with rusticated voussoirs on rounded piers. Solid parapets with chamfered coping. This bridge lies partly in Brigham C.P."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Broughton High Bridge
item:-  ; ?datestone
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BROUGHTON HIGH BRIDGE / / / BRIGHAM / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72606 / NY0815831271"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Roadbridge. Dated on centre of parapet 1835. Rusticated calciferous sandstone ashlar. 3 segmental arches with rusticated voussoirs on rounded piers. Solid parapets with chamfered coping. This bridge lies partly in Broughton C.P."


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BPT30.jpg  View of river.
(taken 22.10.2008)  


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BPT31.jpg  View of river.
(taken 22.10.2008)  


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BPT26.jpg  Elliptical arch?
(taken 22.10.2008)  
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BPT27.jpg  Cutwater
(taken 22.10.2008)  
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BPT28.jpg  Plaque, west parapet:-
"1835" (taken 22.10.2008)  

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