Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Abbey Bridge | |
| locality:- | Shap Abbey | |
| site name:- | Lowther, River | |
| parish |
Shap Rural parish, once in
Westmorland
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| parish |
Shap parish, once in
Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| bridge | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY547152 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY51
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| 1Km square | NY5415 | |
 Abbey Bridge -- Shap Abbey -- Lowther, River -- Shap Rural and Shap -- Cumbria / -- 22.7.2005 | ||
| old map:- |
OS County Series (Wmd 14
13)
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| 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:- | Abbey Bridge | |
| bridge | ||
| date:- | 1890=1899 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1890s | |
| old print:- |
Green 1819
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| Print, soft ground etching, Shap Abbey, Westmorland, by William Green, 1820, published by R Lough and Co, Chronicle Office, Finkle Street, Kendal, and others, 1820. | ||
| Tipped in opposite vol.1 p.377 of The Tourist's New Guide, by William Green. | ||
| printed at bottom right, centre:- | ||
| Vol.I, page 377, line 9. / SHAP ABBEY. / Published at Ambleside, by Wm. Green, 1820. | ||
| date:- | 1820 | |
| period:- | 19th century, early | |
| photographs | ||
| Just downstream of the bridge is a narrow path leading towards the river, ending some feet above water level. This is not understood. One suggestion was that it was to herd sheep to drop in the water, a sheep wash; we have NO evidence to support this idea. | ||
| Abbey Bridge -- Shap Abbey -- Lowther, River -- Shap Rural and Shap -- Cumbria / -- 18.7.2010 | |
| Abbey Bridge -- Shap Abbey -- Lowther, River -- Shap Rural and Shap -- Cumbria / -- 18.7.2010 | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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