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Low Gelt Bridge, Brampton
Low Gelt Bridge
site name:-   Gelt, River
civil parish:-   Brampton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Hayton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY51975916
1Km square:-   NY5159
10Km square:-   NY55

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BPX23.jpg (taken 16.1.2009)  
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BPX22.jpg (taken 16.1.2009)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 17 12) 
placename:-  Low Gelt Bridge
placename:-  Gelt Bridge, Low
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:- 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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Sax9NY55.jpg
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   probably 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 Gelt, S of Brampton 
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:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 86) 
source data:-   Road strip map, uncoloured engraving, the Road from Tinmouth ... to Carlisle, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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OG86m060.jpg
In mile 61, Cumberland. 
Road crosses a river by:-  "a bridg"
no bridge is drawn. 
item:-  JandMN : 73
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evidence:-   old map:- Sanson 1679
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about 9.5 miles to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679.
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SAN2Cm.jpg
double line over a stream; bridge 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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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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MD12NY55.jpg
Double line over the Gelt N of Hayton. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Gelt Bridge
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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D4NY55NW.jpg
"Gelt Bridge"
double line across a river; a bridge 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Low Gelt Bridge
placename:-  Gelt Low 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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BEL9NY55.jpg
"LOW GELT BRIDGE"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library

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BPX24.jpg  View of river.
From Low Gelt Bridge.
(taken 16.1.2009)  
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BPX25.jpg  View of river.
From Low Gelt Bridge.
(taken 16.1.2009)  
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