Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Low Borrowbridge
	parish	Tebay parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		building/s
	coordinates:-	NY609014
	10Km square:-	NY60
	place code:-	LwBr
	1Km square	NY6001
		Low Borrowbridge -- Tebay -- Cumbria / -- 9.12.2005
	descriptive text:-	Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849)
		Guidebook, Concise Description of the English Lakes, later A Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirky Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823 onwards.
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		Page 188:-
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		... we come to LOW BORROW BRIDGE. It is situated in the northern pass of
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		the valley [Lune], at its junction with Little Borrowdale. There is a good inn here, where parties may form head quarters, while visiting the vicinity. Behind the house is a Roman Station, ...
	placename:-	Low Borrow Bridge
	date:-	1849
	period:-	19th century, early
	descriptive text:-	West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
		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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		Tour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century
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		... The Roman road is easily traced from Ribchester ... to Overborough; afterwards the Roman road goes through Casterton and Middleton, and, as some think, by Borrow-bridge and Orton, to Apulby. ...
	placename:-	Borrowbridge
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Simpson 1746 map (Wmd)
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		Burrow Bridge
	placename:-	Burrow Bridge
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1746
	period:-	18th century, early; 1740s
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Wmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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		Burrow bridg
		Circle.
	placename:-	Burrow Bridg
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	hearth tax returns:-	Hearth Tax 1675
		Borradale
		in
		Teaby
	placename:-	Borradale
	date:-	1675
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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