Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Abbey Bridge
	locality:-	Shap Abbey
	site name:-	Lowther, River
	parish	Shap Rural parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Shap parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		bridge
	coordinates:-	NY54731534
	10Km square:-	NY51
	1Km square	NY5415
		Abbey Bridge -- Shap Abbey -- Lowther, River -- Shap Rural and Shap -- Cumbria / -- 22.7.2005
	old map:-	OS County Series (Wmd 14 13)
		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.
	placename:-	Abbey Bridge
		bridge
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	old print:-	Green 1819
		Guide book, 2 volumes, The Tourist's New Guide, by William Green, Ambleside, published by R Lough and Co, Chronicle Office, Finkle Street, Kendal, and others, 1819 and 1820.
		Print, soft ground etching, Shap Abbey, Westmorland, by William Green, 1820, published by R Lough and Co, Chronicle Office, Finkle Street, Kendal, and others, 1820.
		Tipped in opposite vol.1 p.377 of The Tourist's New Guide, by William Green.
		printed at bottom right, centre:-
		Vol.I, page 377, line 9. / SHAP ABBEY. / Published at Ambleside, by Wm. Green, 1820.
	date:-	1820
	period:-	19th century, early
		photographs
		Just downstream of the bridge is a narrow path leading towards the river, ending some feet above water level. This is not understood. One suggestion was that it was to herd sheep to drop in the water, a sheep wash; we have NO evidence to support this idea.
		Abbey Bridge -- Shap Abbey -- Lowther, River -- Shap Rural and Shap -- Cumbria / -- 18.7.2010
		Abbey Bridge -- Shap Abbey -- Lowther, River -- Shap Rural and Shap -- Cumbria / -- 18.7.2010
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013

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