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site name:-
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Force Bridge
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parish
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Sedgwick parish, once in
Westmorland
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county:-
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Cumbria
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viewpoint; station
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coordinates:-
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SD50748684
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10Km square:-
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SD58
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1Km square |
SD5086 |
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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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Page 184:-
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...
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... fall in with the course of the river [Kent] at
Force-bridge,
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goto source.
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Page 185:-
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and from the crown of it have a very singular romantic view
of the river both ways, working its passage in a narrow deep
channel of rocks, hanging over it in a variety of forms, and
streaming a thousand rills into the flood. The rocks in the
bottom are strangely excavated into deep holes of various
shapes, which, when the river is low, remain full of water,
and from their depth are black as ink. ...
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site name:-
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Force Bridge
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date:-
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1778
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1770s
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Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008
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