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placename:-
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Ouse Bridge
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locality:-
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Ouse Bridge
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parish
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Blindcrake parish, once in
Cumberland
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county:-
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Cumbria
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building/s; locality
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coordinates:-
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NY199322
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10Km square:-
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NY13
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1Km square |
NY1932 |
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old map:- |
Clarke 1787 map (Bassenthwaite
Lake)
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Map series, lakes and roads to the Lakes, by James
Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, London, included
in A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland and
Lancashire, published by James Clarke, Penrith, and in
London etc, from 1787 to 1793. |
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Ousebridge / J. Christian Esqr.
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placename:-
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Ousebridge
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person:-
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: Christian, J
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house
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date:-
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1787
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1780s
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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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goto source.
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Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769
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Page 208:-
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...
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Oct. 6. Went in a chaise eight miles along the east side of
Bassenthwaite-water to Ouse-bridge, ...
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date:-
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1769
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1760s
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road book:- |
Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
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Road book, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, published
by G and J Cary, 86 St James's Street, London,
1798-1828. |
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page 557-558
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Ouse Bridge
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placename:-
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Ouse Bridge
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date:-
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1802
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period:-
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19th century, early; 1800s
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hearsay |
Hearsay reports the sport of water horse racing in the late
18th century. Horses were taken by barge to the middle of
the lake, where the barge was ?sunk, the first horse ashore
is the winner.
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Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008
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