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Briscoemill Bridge, Egremont
Briscoemill Bridge
site name:-   Ehen, River
Street:-   Briscoe Road
locality:-   Briscoe (?) 
civil parish:-   Egremont (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   St John Beckermet (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY01521158
1Km square:-   NY0111
10Km square:-   NY01


photograph
BWK70.jpg (taken 16.5.2012)  
photograph
BWK71.jpg  Under; evidence of widening.
(taken 16.5.2012)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 72 4) 
placename:-  Brisco Mill 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:-   perhaps 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
Sax9NX91.jpg
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  
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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MER8CumE.jpg
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double across a stream; bridge, over the Ehen 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   perhaps 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
SP11NY01.jpg
double line across the Ehen at Egremont 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   probably 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.
image
JAN3NY01.jpg
Double line crossing the stream. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   perhaps 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.
image
MD12NY01.jpg
Double line over the Ehen, at Egremont. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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photograph
BWK72.jpg  View of river.
(taken 16.5.2012)  

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