Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Gelt Bridge
	other name:-	Gelt Viaduct
	site name:-	Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
	site name:-	Gelt, River
	locality:-	Middle Gelt Bridge
	parish	Hayton parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		railway viaduct; viaduct
	coordinates:-	NY53275755
	10Km square:-	NY55
	1Km square	NY5357
		Gelt Bridge -- Newcastle and Carlisle Railway -- Gelt, River -- Middle Gelt Bridge -- Hayton -- Cumbria / -- 7.9.2007
		Gelt Bridge -- Newcastle and Carlisle Railway -- Gelt, River -- Middle Gelt Bridge -- Hayton -- Cumbria / -- 7.9.2007
	old map:-	OS County Series (Cmd 18 13)
		County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
		Middle Gelt Bridge / Viaduct
		railway viaduct
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	descriptive text:-	Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
		Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52.
		Page 119:-
		... The Railway between Carlisle and Newcastle crosses the water [River Gelt at Middle Gelt Bridge] and ravine by a grand bridge of three arches, about eighty feet in height, springing from rustic piers, which harmonise with the scenery in the most effective manner.
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
		photographs
		Gelt Bridge -- Newcastle and Carlisle Railway -- Gelt, River -- Middle Gelt Bridge -- Hayton -- Cumbria / -- Plaque, civil engineer, Francis Giles, builder, John McKay, 1830-32. -- 7.9.2007
		Gelt Bridge -- Newcastle and Carlisle Railway -- Gelt, River -- Middle Gelt Bridge -- Hayton -- Cumbria / -- Plaque, civil engineer, Francis Giles, builder, John McKay, 1830-32. -- 7.9.2007
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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