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Rae Burn
runs into:-    Lyne, River

civil parish:-   Nicholforest (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Arthuret (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Solport (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   river
locality type:-   boundary
locality type:-   parish boundary
1Km square:-   NY4571
1Km square:-   NY4675 (etc) 
10Km square:-   NY47
10Km square:-   NY46


photograph
BMQ54.jpg  At the bridge near Holywell.
(taken 15.9.2006)  
photograph
BQJ90.jpg  At the Solport Bridge.
(taken 11.4.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 3 14) 
placename:-  Rae Burn
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 7 2) 
OS County Series (Cmd 7 5) 
OS County Series (Cmd 7 9) 
OS County Series (Cmd 7 14) 

evidence:-   old map:- Ogilby 1675 (plate 62) 
source data:-   Raod strip map, uncoloured engraving, the Road from Carlisle to Barwick, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
image
OG62m010.jpg
In mile 11, Cumberland. 
Road crosses a river, no bridge is drawn. 
item:-  JandMN : 83
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
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
D4NY47SE.jpg
single or double wiggly line; a river running into the Line at Shanks Castle 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

places:-  
NY46487558 bridge, Holywell (Solport / Nicholforest)
NY45947532 Chapel Ford (Nicholforest)
NY45077214 Hemplands Bridge (Solport / Arthuret)
NY46597138 Solport Bridge (Solport / Arthuret)
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