Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Nether Bridge
	site name:-	Kent, River
	locality:-	Kendal
	parish	Kendal parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		bridge
	coordinates:-	SD51669193
	10Km square:-	SD59
	1Km square	SD5191
		Nether Bridge -- Kent, River -- Kendal -- Kendal -- Cumbria / -- From downstream. -- 14.8.2005
		Nether Bridge -- Kent, River -- Kendal -- Kendal -- Cumbria / -- 14.8.2005
	source:-	Otley 1818
		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 across the Kent.
		bridge
	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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		Page 177:-
		... The entrance [to Kendal] from the south is by another bridge, which makes a short awkward turn into the suburbs, but after that, the street opens well, and the town has a chearful appearance. ...
	date:-	1778
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760
		New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
		Nether Bridge
		road across the Kent
	placename:-	Nether Bridge
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	descriptive text:-	Simpson 1746
		The three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as 'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller ...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746.
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		Page 1023:-
		...
		Kendal, called also Kirkby Candale, i.e. a Church in the Valley upon the River Can, over which it has two Bridges of Stone, and one of Wood, ...
	date:-	1746
	period:-	18th century, early; 1740s
	old map:-	Bowen 1720 (plate 93)
		Road book, Britannia Depicta Or Ogilby Improv'd, including road strip maps with sections in Westmorland, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, derived from maps by Ogilby, 1675, and a county map of Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, with text by John Owen, published by Emanuel Bowen, London, 1720; published 1720-64.
		At mile 256+.
	placename:-	Nether Bridge
	date:-	1720
	period:-	18th century, early; 1720s
	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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		Road and river intersect.
	county:-	Westmorland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Ogilby 1675 (plate 38)
		Road book, Britannia, strip road maps, with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland etc, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675; and a general map of England and Wales.
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		In mile 256, Westmoreland.
		A turning into Kendal crosses the river at:-
		Neither bridg
	placename:-	Neither Bridge
	date:-	1675
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	old map:-	Speed 1611
		Maps, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, London, 1611; published 1611-1770.
		9 Neither Bridge
		bridge of 3 arches over the Kent
	placename:-	Neither Bridge
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	hearsay	In 1376, Edward II made a grant of pontage for three years, the right to charge tolls, to the men of Kendal, to pay for upkeep of the bridge. The signs of an old packhorse bridge are visible under the arches. The present bridge dates from 1910?
	mapping:-	-- SD51639194 -- SD51709192
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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