Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| place:- | bridge, Seatoller | |
| locality:- | Seatoller | |
| parish |
Borrowdale parish, once in
Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| bridge; folly | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY251139 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY21
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| 1Km square | NY2513 | |
| hearsay |
Over a tributary to the River Derwent, behind Mountain View.
A folly:-
This bridge was built at the / expence of John Braithwaite / of Seatoller in the Year of / our Lord 1781. / By Thomas Hayton and / Richard Bowness. / I count this folly You have done / As you have neither Wife nor Son / Daughter I have, God give her Grace / And I Heaven for her Resting place. | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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