Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Force Bridge | |
| site name:- | Kent, River | |
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Sedgwick parish, once in
Westmorland
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| parish |
Helsington parish, once in
Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| bridge | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD50748684 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD58
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| 1Km square | SD5086 | |
 Force Bridge -- Kent, River -- Sedgwick and Helsington -- Cumbria / -- A plaque on the parapet reads:- -- 'W.C.C. FORCE BRIDGE 1969' -- 12.8.2005 | ||
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Otley 1818
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| New Map of the District of the Lakes, in Westmorland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, published by J Otley, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1818; pblished 1818 to 1850s. | ||
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| Implied by a road crossing the Kent | ||
| bridge | ||
| descriptive text:- |
West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
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| Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821. | ||
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| Page 184:- | ||
| ... fall in with the course of the river [Kent] at Force-bridge, ... | ||
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| Page 185:- | ||
| ... The bridge is one bold arch, supported by the opposite rocks, of unknown antiquity. A mantle of ivy vails (sic) its ancient front, and gives it a most venerable appearance. ... | ||
| date:- | 1778 | |
| period:- | 18th century, late; 1770s | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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