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| Houghton Bridge, Houghton | ||
| Houghton Bridge | ||
| site name:- | School Sike | |
| locality:- | Houghton | |
| civil parish:- | Stanwix Rural (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | bridge | |
| coordinates:- | NY40845971 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4059 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY45 | |
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 BOH73.jpg Inscribed plaque:- "HOUGHTON BRIDGE / REBUILT 1890 / R. ARMSTRONG BUILDER / GILSLAND" "G. J. BELL / COUNTY SURVEYOR" (taken 26.10.2007) The plaque the other side says:- |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bell 1892 placename:- Houghton Bridge |
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| 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. BEL9NY46.jpg "HOUGHTON" bridge symbol Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges item:- Carlisle Library : Map 38 Image © Carlisle Library |
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 BOH74.jpg View of river. (taken 26.10.2007) |
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