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Barley Bridge, Over Staveley
Barley Bridge
site name:-   Kent, River
locality:-   Staveley
civil parish:-   Over Staveley (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   SD47029873
1Km square:-   SD4798
10Km square:-   SD49

MN photo:-  
Repaired 1968.

photograph
BPS85.jpg (taken 17.10.2008)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 6) 
placename:-  Barley 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.

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Barley Bridge
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.
image
J5SD49NE.jpg
"Barley B."
double line, road, across a stream; bridge; nd settlement? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Barlet Bridge
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24SD49.jpg
"Barlet Br"
road across a stream; bridge over the Kent 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Barley Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BARLEY BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KENT / / / OVER STAVELEY / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76489 / SD4702798722"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Bridge. Date uncertain. Possibly C17. North side partly rebuilt during C20: in keeping. Slate rubble. Approximately 8' wide. 2 segmental arches; cutwaters to central pier; pedestrian refuge over Northern cutwater. References: RCHM p.219; Jervoise p.124."

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