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bridge, Legburthwaite
site name:-   How Beck
locality:-   Legburthwaite (about) 
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY31621930
1Km square:-   NY3119
10Km square:-   NY31

evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) 
source data:-   Road strip map, hand coloured engraving, the Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, and the Road from Egremond to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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In mile 24, Cumberland. 
Road crosses:-  "a Stone bridg and brook"
no bridge drawn. 
item:-  JandMN : 22
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Smithy 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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"SMITHY"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library

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