River Winster
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The River Winster is a river in the English county of Cumbria. The Winster was the boundary between the historic counties of Lancashire and Westmorland. It has a relatively small catchment area; other streams flow parallel to it on either side.
The Winster is about 20 km or 12 miles long, and rises about 2 km south of Bowness-on-Windermere, between the hamlets of Winster and Storrs (the latter is on Windermere) and follows a southerly course, flowing past the settlements of Ludderburn, Hartbarrow and Bowland Bridge, before it is joined by Arndale Beck at Bridge House.
From there, the river continues through a valley between Whitbarrow and Cartmel Fell, flowing through Helton Tarn. It continues between the villages of Lindale and Meathop, and finally flows into the Kent estuary just downstream from Arnside.
A former course of the river joined the Kent at Blawith Point, and as a result the peninsula of Holme Island often changed hands between Lancashire and Westmorland.[1]
Packhorse Bridges
A packhorse bridge is a bridge intended to carry packhorses (horses loaded with sidebags or panniers) across a river or stream.[2]
There are two packhorse bridges on this river near Winster. The Winster Bridge (1729 with 20th-century parapet) on the river at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.[3] Another packhorse bridge (Probably 17th-century. Grade II listed[4]) is on a tributary of the River Winster at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found., adjacent to A5074 road.[5]
References
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- ^ Holme Island, BBC Cumbria. Retrieved 11 September 2006.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Packhorse Cargo". cottontown.org. Archived from the original on 17 June 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Winster Bridge (That Part in Cartmel), Cartmel Fell". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ Grade II: buildings that are of special interest, warranting every effort to preserve them.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pack Horse Bridge Beside A5074 a Quarter of a Mile North West of High Mill House, Crook". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
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