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Lounthwaite Bridge, Milburn
Lounthwaite Bridge
site name:-   Crowdundle Beck
locality:-   Lounthwaite
civil parish:-   Milburn (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Culgaith (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
locality type:-   boundary feature
locality type:-   county boundary feature
coordinates:-   NY64493053
1Km square:-   NY6430
10Km square:-   NY63


photograph
CCM24.jpg (taken 20.2.2015)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 5 5) 
placename:-  Lounthwaite 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.
OS County Series (Cmd 60 2) 

evidence:-   old map:- Simpson 1746 map (Wmd) 
placename:-  Millbridge
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London, 1746.
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"Millbridge"
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.59
Image © see bottom of page

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.
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J5NY63SW.jpg
double line, road, across a stream; bridge; near Lundthwaite 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Lownthwaite 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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BEL9NY63.jpg
"LOWNTHWAITE"
bridge symbol; on county boundary 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library


photograph
CCM27.jpg  View of river.
(taken 20.2.2015)  
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CGO95.jpg  View of river.
(taken 19.9.2017)  
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CCM26.jpg  View of river.
Wreay Sike entering on the left.
(taken 20.2.2015)  


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CCM25.jpg  Plaque.
(taken 20.2.2015)  
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CGO93.jpg  Graffiti
(taken 19.9.2017)  
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CGO94.jpg  Graffiti
(taken 19.9.2017)  

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