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Wolt Bridge, Matterdale
Wolt Bridge
site name:-   Trout Beck (3)
civil parish:-   Matterdale (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Mungrisdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bridge
coordinates:-   NY35842678
1Km square:-   NY3526
10Km square:-   NY32


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BNK47.jpg (taken 24.3.2007)  
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BNK48.jpg  Plaque on parapet:-
"CUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL / WOLT BRIDGE / RECONSTRUCTED 1928" (taken 24.3.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 57 14) 
placename:-  Watt 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) 
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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D4NY32NE.jpg
double line across a river; a bridge over the Trout Beck 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Bell 1892
placename:-  Wolt 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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BEL9NY32.jpg
"WOLT"
bridge symbol 
 
Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 38
Image © Carlisle Library


photograph
BNK50.jpg (taken 24.3.2007)  

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