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Halfa Bridge, Bampton
Halfa Bridge
site name:-   Haweswater Beck
civil parish:-   Bampton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY51821763
1Km square:-   NY5117
10Km square:-   NY51


photograph
BSO32.jpg (taken 23.4.2010)  
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BSO33.jpg  Voussoirs on the segmental arch are cut sandstone.
(taken 23.4.2010)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Halfa Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"HALFA BRIDGE / / BAMPTON GRANGE / BAMPTON / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74485 / NY5181517635"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Roadbridge. Mid C18. Limestone rubble. 2 segmental arches on central pier, with splayed cut waters carried up to form a pedestrian refuges with solid parapets. Thought by RCHM, Westmorland, 1936, p29 to be C17."


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BSO34.jpg  Evidence of widening
(taken 23.4.2010)  
photograph
BJT60.jpg (taken 22.8.2005)  
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BSO35.jpg  Large refuge and cutwater.
(taken 23.4.2010)  

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