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| Brougham Castle Bridge, Brougham | ||
| Brougham Castle Bridge | ||
| Brougham Bridge | ||
| site name:- | Eamont, River | |
| locality:- | Brougham | |
| civil parish:- | Brougham (formerly Westmorland) | |
| civil parish:- | Penrith (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | bridge | |
| locality type:- | boundary feature | |
| locality type:- | county boundary feature | |
| coordinates:- | NY53832910 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5329 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY52 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 4 9) placename:- Brougham Castle Bridge |
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| 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. OS County Series (Cmd 59 5) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of
Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards,
scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas
Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John
Bowles, London, 1760. BO18NY42.jpg road across the Eamont item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by
Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W
Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William
Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman,
Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd,
Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839. goto sourcePage 135:- "... the London road, which here crosses the Eamont by a new bridge, erected on the site of one washed down in the great floods of 1822." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Bell 1892 placename:- Brougham 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. BEL9NY52.jpg "BROUGHAM" bridge symbol; on county boundary Road map of Cumberland showing County Bridges item:- Carlisle Library : Map 38 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Brougham Castle Bridge |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "BROUGHAM CASTLE BRIDGE / / A66 / BROUGHAM / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 72754 / NY5383629104" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "1812, crosses River Eamont, former boundary between westmorland and Cumberland. Red sandstone, three segmental arches and one small arch for the mill race. Plain weathered parapets." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Brougham Castle Bridge |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "BROUGHAM CASTLE BRIDGE / / / BROUGHAM / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74212 / NY5383529095" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Roadbridge. Dated on centre of parapet 1813. Red Penrith sandstone. 3 segmental arches with recessed voussoirs on rounded cutwaters. Solid chamfered parapet. A broad County Council bridge on the Penrith-Appleby turnpike. Built by an Act of 1811 for continuing the main Turnpike road direct through to Penrith instead of round by Lowther Bridge, south of Eamond Bridge. Extensively repaired in 1899. See J F Curwen, The Later Records of North Westmorland, 1932, p 287. This bridge lies partly in Penrith CP." |
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| evidence:- | old photograph:- Bogg 1898 |
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| source data:- | Photograph, halftone print, Brougham Castle and the bridge over the Eamont, Brougham
Westmorland, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford
Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898. click to enlargeBGG136.jpg Included on p.132 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg. item:- JandMN : 231.36 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- |
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| source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Brougham Castle, Westmorland, published early 19th century? click to enlargePR0238.jpg printed at bottom:- "BROUGHAM CASTLE. / PENRITH, WESTMORELAND." item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.238 Image © see bottom of page |
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