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| bridges, Cumbria | ||||
| county:- | Cumbria | |||
| also see:- |  clapper bridges, Cumbria packhorse bridges, Cumbria |
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| A bridge might be needed where any two of river, major road, minor road, track, railway,
canal, intersect. A bridge might be a small plank across a stream or a large piece
of engineering. There a very many ... some are very elegant. |
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| Abbot Holme Bridge, over the River Dee near Sedbergh, SD64899082. |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Wordsworth 1810 |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Description of the Scenery of the Lakes, later A
Guide through the District of The Lakes, by William Wordsworth,
1810-35. goto source page 53 "..." "Likewise to the smallness of the several properties is owing the great number of bridges over the brooks and torrents, and the daring" goto sourcepage 54 "and graceful neglect of danger or accommodation with which so many of them are constructed, the rudeness of the forms of some, and their endless variety. But, when I speak of this rudeness, I must at the same time add, that many of these structures are in themselves models of elegance, as if they had been formed upon principles of the most thoughtful architecture. It is to be regretted that these monuments of the skill of our ancestors, and of that happy instinct by which consummate beauty was produced, are disappearing fast; but sufficient specimens remain; to give a high gratification to the man of genuine taste. Travellers who may not have been accustomed to pay attention to things so inobtrusive, will excuse me if I point out the proportion between the span and elevation tion (sic) of the arch, the lightness of the parapet, and the graceful manner in which its curve follows faithfully that of the arch." |
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| references:- |
Cook, Martin: 1998: Medieval Bridges: Shire Publications (Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire)::
ISBN O 7478 0384 6 Cowper, H S: 1899: Ancient and County Bridges in Cumberland and Westmorland, with some remarks upon the Fords: TCWAAS: old series vol.15: pp.114-132 Curwen, John F: 1932: Later Records Relating to North Westmorland or the Barony of Appleby: Wilson, Titus and Son (Kendal, Westmorland):: pp.9-16 Farrer, William &Curwen, John F (ed): 1923: Records Relating to the Barony of Kendale: Wilson, Titus and Son (Kendal, Westmorland):: pp.21-32 Hinchcliffe, Ernest: 1994: Packhorse Bridges in England: Cicerone Press (Milnthorpe, Cumbria):: ISBN 1 85284 143 5 Jervoise, E: 1973 (reprint) &1931: Ancient Bridges of the North of England: EP Publishing (Wakefield, Yorkshire):: ISBN 0 85409 952 2 Toulson, Shirley: 1983: Lost Trade Routes: Shire Publications (Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire):: ISBN O 85263 649 0 Whellan: 1858:::: pp.62-63, 703-704 |
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