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| Sark Bridge, Kirkandrews | ||
| Sark Bridge | ||
| site name:- | Sark, River | |
| civil parish:- | Kirkandrews (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | bridge | |
| locality type:- | boundary feature | |
| locality type:- | county boundary feature | |
| locality type:- | national boundary feature | |
| coordinates:- | NY32716698 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3266 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY36 | |
| locality:- | Gretna | |
| country:- | Scotland | |
| current boundary | ||
| locality:- | Cumbria boundary | |
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 BOA96.jpg (taken 31.8.2007)  BOA97.jpg Plaque:- "BUILT CIRCA 1814 / SARK BRIDGE / WIDENED 2001" (taken 31.8.2007) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 9A 12) placename:- Sark Bridge |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) |
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| 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. D4NY36NW.jpg road across a river; a bridge? over the Sark item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bell 1892 placename:- Sark Low Bridge |
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| 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. BEL9NY36.jpg "SARK LOW" bridge symbol Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges item:- Carlisle Library : Map 38 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Harper 1907 placename:- Sark Bridge |
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| source data:- | HP01p166.txt Page 166:- "..."  click to enlargeHP0130.jpg "SARK BRIDGE." "..." item:- JandMN : 1055.32 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Burrow 1920s placename:- |
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| source data:- | Road book, strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc,
irregular scales about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and
Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s. "... The actual border [to Scotland] is crossed at Sark Bar toll-house, where the small River Sark is also crossed, a mile before reaching Gretna Green village. ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Burrow 1920s |
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| source data:- | Road book, On the Road, Dunlop Pictorial Road Plans, volume V,
strip maps with parts in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, irregular
scale about 1.5 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co,
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1920s. EJB3Vg64.jpg item:- private collection : 17 Image © see bottom of page |
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