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Swang Bridge, Keswick
Swang Bridge
civil parish:-   Keswick (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY25642403 (?) 
1Km square:-   NY2524
10Km square:-   NY22
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 2) 
placename:-  Swang 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:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Howrah 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
BEL9NY22.jpg
"HOWRAH"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library

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