button to main menu  Old Cumbria Gazetteer
Howwath Bridge, Kirkbride
Howwath Bridge
site name:-   Wampool, River
civil parish:-   Kirkbride (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Aikton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY23825732
1Km square:-   NY2357
10Km square:-   NY25

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 22 1) 
placename:-  Howwath 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:-   probably old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  How Wath
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.
image
D4NY25NW.jpg
"How Wath"
ford over the Wampool 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  How Wath 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.
image
BEL9NY25.jpg
"HOW-WATH"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library

button to lakes menu  Lakes Guides menu.