Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EAMONT-BRIDGE

EAMONT-BRIDGE, a township in Barton parish, Westmoreland; on the river Eamont, about 1 mile SSE of Penrith. It is joined to Yanwath, which see. The bridge which gives it name is a picturesque structure; and the curious antiquities, called Arthur's Round Table and Mayborough, are in the neighbourhood.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Barton CP       Westmorland AncC
Place: Eamont Bridge

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