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Farleton Bridge, Farleton
Farleton Bridge
site name:-   Farleton Beck
locality:-   Farleton
civil parish:-   Beetham (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Preston Patrick (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   SD53558174
1Km square:-   SD5381
10Km square:-   SD58


photograph
BLO18.jpg (taken 13.1.2006)  
photograph
BLO19.jpg  Plaque on east parapet:-
"W.C.C. FARLETON BRIDGE REPAIRED [1895]" (taken 13.1.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 47 1) 
placename:-  Farleton 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:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
image
J5SD58SW.jpg
double line, road, across a stream; bridge 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24SD58.jpg
road across a stream; bridge over Farleton Beck 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Farleton Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"FARLETON BRIDGE OVER FARLETON BECK / / A6070 / BEETHAM / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76559 / SD5354881740"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Turnpike bridge. Early C19. Squared coursed limestone. Single segmental arch with voussoirs and keystone; copings to parapets; pilasters to either end. On the Heronsyke Turnpike, for which the work was supervised by John McAdam."

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