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Lanercost Bridge, Lanercost
Lanercost Bridge
Abbey Bridge
site name:-   Irthing, River
locality:-   Lanercost
civil parish:-   Burtholme (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Brampton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY55346332
1Km square:-   NY5563
10Km square:-   NY56

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BOW36.jpg (taken 21.3.2008)  
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BUB16.jpg (taken 16.2.2011)  
evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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At Lanercost. 
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.
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double across a stream; bridge, over the Irthing 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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SP11NY56.jpg
double line across the Irthing at Lanercost 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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JAN3NY56.jpg
Double line crossing the stream. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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SEL9.jpg
two lines cross a stream; bridge 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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Double line over a stream, over the Irthing. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
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.
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double line across a river; a bridge 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   descriptive text:- image FD01P112, button  goto source
source data:-   image FD01P112, button  goto source
Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
Page 112:-  "There is a decent inn at the bridge, where refreshment may be procured. From the bridge, which crosses the river by two bold arches, a public carriage-road leads through the park to [Naworth]"
evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Abbey 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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"ABBEY"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library

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BOW38.jpg  View of river.
(taken 21.3.2008)  
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CEM54.jpg  View of river.
(taken 25.1.2016)  

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BOW37.jpg (taken 21.3.2008)  
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CEM50.jpg (taken 25.1.2016)  
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CEM51.jpg (taken 25.1.2016)  
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CEM52.jpg (taken 25.1.2016)  
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CEN32.jpg (taken 25.1.2016)  
notes:-  
 Built in 1724 by local stone masons Isaac Monkhouse, Castle Sowerby; William Railton, Raughtonhead; Philip Simpson, Sebergham; and Joseph Simpson, Dalston. There had been earlier bridges here and upstream, which had decayed or been swept away in floods.
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