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Bridge End Farm, St John's Castlerigg etc
Bridge End Farm
locality:-   Bridge End
locality:-   Legburthwaite
civil parish:-   St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY31431940
1Km square:-   NY3119
10Km square:-   NY31

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 16) 
placename:-  High Bridgend
placename:-  Bridgend, High
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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Bridge End
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.
image
D4NY31NW.jpg
"Bridge End"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

hearsay:-  
To the rear? the east, there is/was a gallery across the width of the building, access by a door on the hill slope beside. Balusters and rails gone, roof in poor condition (1984). Still a useful place to hang the washing in wet weather.

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