Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Cocker Bridge
	site name:-	Cocker, River
	locality:-	Cockermouth
	parish	Cockermouth parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		bridge
	coordinates:-	NY12233071
	10Km square:-	NY13
	1Km square	NY1230
		Cocker Bridge -- Cocker, River -- Cockermouth -- Cockermouth -- Cumbria / -- 24.3.2006
		Cocker Bridge -- Cocker, River -- Cockermouth -- Cockermouth -- Cumbria / -- A plaque by the road, SW corner of parapet:- -- 'THIS BRIDGE REBUILT A.D. 1828' -- 19.3.2010
	old map:-	OS County Series (Cmd 54 4)
		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:-	Cocker Bridge
		bridge
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	descriptive text:-	Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
		Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52.
		Page 81:-
		...
		... the Cocker is spanned by one noble arch, one hundred and sixty feet long. and was built in 1828 at the cost of £2600.
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
		Guidebook, Concise Description of the English Lakes, later A Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirky Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823 onwards.
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		Page 137:-
		Cockermouth ... has a handsome bridge over the river Cocker, which runs through the town to join the Derwent; ...
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760
		New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
		road across the Cocker
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Badeslade 1742
		A Map of Westmorland North from London, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, and descriptive text, Cumberland similarly, by Thomas Badeslade, London, engraved and published by William Henry Toms, Union Court, Holborn, London, 1742.
		double line across a stream
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1742
	period:-	18th century, early
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Cmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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		Double line over the Cocker at Cockermouth.
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Seller 1694 (Cmd)
		Map, Westmorland, now Cumbria, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694; editions to 1787.
		two lines cross a stream; bridge
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1694
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Sanson 1679
		Map, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about miles to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679.
		double line over a stream; bridge
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1679
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	old map:-	Ogilby 1675 (plate 96) Ogilby 1675 (plate 96)
		Road book, Britannia, strip road maps, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland etc, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675; and a general map of England and Wales.
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		In mile 43, Cumberland.
		Road crosses the
		Coker fluv:
		in Cockermouth, no bridge drawn.
		Road book, Britannia, strip road maps, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland etc, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675; and a general map of England and Wales.
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		In mile 14, Cumberland.
		River crossed by a street in Cockermouth, right of the road.
	date:-	1675
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	old map:-	Jansson 1646
		Map, Cumbria et Westmoria, or Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646; published 1646-1724.
		Double line crossing the stream.
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1646
	period:-	17th century, early; 1640s
	old map:-	Speed 1611 (Cmd)
		Maps, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, London, 1611; published 1611-1770.
		double line across the Cocker
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	old map:-	Saxton 1579
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		Over River Cocker.
	county:-	Cumberlandia
		bridge
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	database:-	Listed Buildings 2010 Listed Buildings 2010
		courtesy of English Heritage
		COCKER BRIDGE / / / COCKERMOUTH / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 71649 / NY1223630721
		courtesy of English Heritage
		Rebuilt 1828. Spans River Cocker, near its junction with the Derwent, and carries the main street. Single segmental arch, 5 tall octagonal piers to iron railings on parapets.
	placename:-	Cocker Bridge
	district:-	Allerdale
		listed building
	coordinates:-	NY12233072
	date:-	2010
	period:-	2010s
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013

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