Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Birks Bridge
	site name:-	Duddon, River
	parish	Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite parish, once in Lancashire
	parish	Ulpha parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		packhorse bridge; bridge
	coordinates:-	SD234993
	10Km square:-	SD29
	locality:-	Cumberland boundary
	locality:-	Lancashire boundary
	References	Hinchcliffe, Ernest: 1994: Packhorse Bridges of England: Cicerone Press (Milnthorpe, Cumbria)
	1Km square	SD2399
	database:-	Listed Buildings 2010 Listed Buildings 2010
		courtesy of English Heritage
		BIRKS BRIDGE / / / DUNNERDALE WITH SEATHWAITE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75840 / SD2341899345
		courtesy of English Heritage
		Bridge over River Duddon. Probably C18. Stone rubble. Segmental arch over small ravine. Dressed voussoirs. Parapets have drain pipes built in to drain roadway, and extend to east with rectangular openings. 2.5m wide.
	placename:-	Birks Bridge
	district:-	South Lakeland
		listed building
	coordinates:-	SD23419934
	date:-	2010
	period:-	2010s
	old print:-	MacBride 1922
		Wild Lakeland, by MacKenzie MacBride illustrated by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1922-28.
		Print, colour, Birks Bridge, Duddon Valley, by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, 4-6 Soho Square, London, 2nd edn 1928.
		Tipped in opposite p.213 in Wild Lakeland by MacKenzie MacBride.
		printed at bottom:-
		BIRKS BRIDGE, DUDDON VALLEY
		signed at lower left:-
		A. HEATON COOPER
	placename:-	Birks Bridge
	date:-	1922
	period:-	1920s
		12 foot span, 6 ft 6 ins between parapets. Hinchcliffe, Ernest: 1994: Packhorse Bridges of England: Cicerone Press (Milnthorpe, Cumbria)
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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