Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Hawes Bridge
	site name:-	Kent, River
	locality:-	Natland
	parish	Natland parish, once in Westmorland
	parish	Helsington parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		bridge
	coordinates:-	SD51158908
	10Km square:-	SD58
	1Km square	SD5189
		Hawes Bridge -- Kent, River -- Natland -- Natland and Helsington -- Cumbria / -- From downstream. -- 12.9.2005
	old map:-	OS County Series (Wmd 38 16)
		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:-	Hawes Bridge
		bridge
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	old map:-	Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
		Map, The County of Westmoreland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed by J Ainslie and perhaps T Donald, engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
		Haws B.
		double line, road, across a stream; bridge and circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet?
	placename:-	Haws Bridge
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1770
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760 -- possibly relevant
		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.
		by road across the Kent
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	database:-	Listed Buildings 2010 Listed Buildings 2010 Listed Buildings 2010
		courtesy of English Heritage
		HAWES BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KENT / / HAWES LANE / NATLAND / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76451 / SD5115589081
		courtesy of English Heritage
		HAWES BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KENT / / / HELSINGTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75280 / SD5115589082
		courtesy of English Heritage
		Bridge probably C18. Limestone rubble with rough dressed limestone copings to parapet. Large triangular cut water between arches on upstream side. Curved in Plan. 2 arches carry single carriageway road over small river gorge in limestone. Forms part of most attractive setting. Local legend has it that the body of Sir Charles de Leyburne of Cunswick Hall (Underbarrow and Bradleyfield Parish) was washed up here after being murdered and thrown into the river by his son Roger, who wished to come into his inheritance so he could marry. Roger said to have committed suicide when the body was found and his ghost haunts- Cunswick Scar.
	placename:-	Hawes Bridge
	district:-	South Lakeland
		listed building
	coordinates:-	SD51158908
	date:-	2010
	period:-	2010s
	story	There are said to be dobbies chained to the foundations of the bridge. If you see one it will be silent: if you hear one swearing it will be invisible.
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013

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