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Calder Bridge, Calder Bridge
Calder Bridge
site name:-   Calder, River
locality:-   Calder Bridge
civil parish:-   St Bridget Beckermet (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Ponsonby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY04220598
1Km square:-   NY0405
10Km square:-   NY00


photograph
BLY81.jpg (taken 24.4.2006)  

evidence:-   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.
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Sax9NY00.jpg
At Cauder. 
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   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.
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SP11NY00.jpg
double line across the Calder 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   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.
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JAN3NY00.jpg
Double line crossing the stream. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   probably 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.
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MD12NY00.jpg
Double line over the stream, below Calder Abbey. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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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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D4NY00NW.jpg
double line across a river; a bridge 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Calder Bridge
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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FD02NY00.jpg
"Calder Bridge"
Road crosses stream. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Calder 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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BEL9NY00.jpg
"CALDER BRIDGE"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old print:- Bradley 1901
placename:-  Calder Bridge
source data:-   Print, uncoloured lithograph, Near Calder Bridge, St Bridget Beckermet, Cumberland, by Joseph Pennell, published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1901.
image  click to enlarge
BRL139.jpg
On page 175 of Highways and Byways in the Lake District, by A G Bradley. 
printed at bottom:-  "Near Calder Bridge."
item:-  JandMN : 464.39
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