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Bowland Bridge, Crosthwaite and Lyth
Bowland Bridge
civil parish:-   Crosthwaite and Lyth (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD41758958 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD4189
10Km square:-   SD48


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BPC52.jpg (taken 26.4.2008)  
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CBQ89.jpg (taken 12.9.2014)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 37 16) 
placename:-  Bowland 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:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Bouland Bridge
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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J5SD48NW.jpg
"Bouland Bridge"
blocks, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, village? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Bouland Bridge
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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CY24SD48.jpg
"Bouland Br."
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Bouland Bridge
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
image CY38p653, button  goto source
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C38653.jpg
page 653-654  "Bouland Bridge"
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Bowland Bridge
source data:-   Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.
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Lw18.jpg
"Bowland Bri."
village or other place; on county boundary 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 9 miles to 1 inch, by H Cooper, 1808, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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COP4.jpg
road across stream; bridge? over Winster 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.53
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Bowland Bridge
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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FD02SD48.jpg
"Bowland Br"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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