Where Am I? No. 134 - Little Bridge

[Treetotal]

Close but not right:

Wow, that one had me looking closely. You're right though, it's not it although the differences are very subtle. The arc is a slightly different, the relative height of the stonework above the vault is different and the length of stones making up the vault is different.  The fellside behind, although similar, is different.

The newer photograph shows a canalised bank on the left rather than the more natural bank shown in the old photo, although I could have lived with this if the other differences hadn't been there.

Mike

This was another choice...but again there are differences:

http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo/cow-bridge-over-brothers-water-in-lake-district-royalty-free-image/104059294

Oh I know...even allowing for water level rising and hiding the stones...there are too many subtle differences...oh well...back to my Pimms with the hump 

Carol

[janan]

Close but not right:

Wow, that one had me looking closely. You're right though, it's not it although the differences are very subtle. The arc is a slightly different, the relative height of the stonework above the vault is different and the length of stones making up the vault is different.  The fellside behind, although similar, is different.

The newer photograph shows a canalised bank on the left rather than the more natural bank shown in the old photo, although I could have lived with this if the other differences hadn't been there.

Mike

This was another choice...but again there are differences:

http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo/cow-bridge-over-brothers-water-in-lake-district-royalty-free-image/104059294


Carol

I've just been looking at that one but no, particularly whichever way I looked on Streetview the fellside did not match up

[Trishanne]

Thanks Mike, re the estate. Abbeystead estate, in the Forest of Bowland, is actually owned by a trust belonging to the Duke of Westminster. Gerald, or whatever his name is, is often up here shooting. I live just two miles away.
Proof:-   Abbeystead House was built in 1886 as a shooting lodge for the 4th Earl of Sefton.[1] It was designed by the Chester firm of architects Douglas & Fordham,[2] who added gun and billiard rooms in 1894.[3] In 1980 the Abbeystead Estate, totalling 18,000 acres (73 km2) and including the house, was bought by a trust relating to the family of the Duke of Westminster.[4]
Now let's get back to the bridge
Pat

[Trishanne]

Scouseboy, by the way I am a 'she' and I did not mean the Duke of Devonshire.
Pat

[rosie99]

And on the side topic, the Duke of Westminster does own an enormous gigantic country estate in the Forest of Bowland.

Mike

Have you got proof of that, please?

The Duchy of Lancaster owns  a large part  of the Forest of Bowland, as well, I believe?

       

http://forestofbowland.com/History-Culture-Heritage
Managing the land for game hunting, primarily grouse shooting, has remained a predominant influence on the landscape, and several large private landowners remain today, such as the Duchy of Lancaster, the Duke of Westminster, and Lord Clitheroe. However the current largest single landowner is United Utilities - which manages a large area of the fells primarily for water catchment.

[Mike in Cumbria]

Have you got proof of that, please?

Yes.

[Mike in Cumbria]

He may have meant the Duke of Devonshire?

More than likely.     

No, she knew exactly what she meant. The Devonshire main English estates are at Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire and Chatsworth in Derbyshire. Nowhere near Bowland.

 

[jennifer c]

I typed in stone bridge over river in Derbyshire and there seem some likely ones, what do others think?

Jennifer

[ScouseBoy]

He may have meant the Duke of Devonshire?

More than likely.     

No, she knew exactly what she meant. The Devonshire main English estates are at Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire and Chatsworth in Derbyshire. Nowhere near Bowland.

 

  Bolton Abbey  is only 22 miles from Clitheroe.