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Miser's Bridge, Camerton
Miser's Bridge
site name:-   Cockermouth and Workington Railway
civil parish:-   Camerton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway bridge
locality type:-   flood
coordinates:-   NY03293020
1Km square:-   NY0330
10Km square:-   NY03


photograph
BNR08.jpg (taken 14.5.2007)  


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BNR09.jpg  View E.
(taken 14.5.2007)  
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BNR10.jpg  View W.
(taken 14.5.2007)  

hearsay:-  
The bridge connects the village to the burial ground. When it was built, by the railway company, no one knew what to call it. It was decided to call it after the first person to be carried over it to the graveyard. This was Joseph Parkin, died 1800. He had a reputation as a miser.

notes:-  
The bridge was washed away when the River Derwent flooded, 2009. This cut off access to the church, causing distress to people with relatives buried in the grave yard. No grant aid was available to make good the damage, nor would the local authority reinstate the byeway. The landowner and local people, bulldozer from here, lorries from there, labour etc, did it themselves - and then got complaints from an officious planning officer. Friends on the planning committee saw off this morning. There is now an embankment joining up the tracks.
MN 22.2.2018

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