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| footbridge, Bowderdale | ||
| locality:- | Bowderdale | |
| civil parish:- | Ravenstonedale (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | footbridge | |
| locality type:- | bridge | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6704 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY60 | |
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| evidence:- | old print:- |
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| source data:- | Print, Bridge at Bowderdale, Ravenstonedale, Westmorland, drawn and engraved by William
Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1809. click to enlargePR1274.jpg A flimsy wooden bridge spans a rocky stream; the left hand bank is fringed with trees whilst the right is formed by a rocky escarpment. In centre of composition a distant mountain rises. printed at bottom centre:- "BRIDGE AT BOWDERDALE. Published Ambleside. Augst 1st 1809 by W. Green." item:- Tullie House Museum : 1978.108.92.14 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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