Packhorse bridge
A packhorse bridge is a bridge intended to carry packhorses (horses loaded with sidebags or panniers) across a river or stream. Typically a packhorse bridge consists of one or more narrow (one horse wide) masonry arches, and has low parapets so as not to interfere with the panniers borne by the horses.[1] Multi-arched examples sometimes have triangular cutwaters that are extended upward to form pedestrian refuges.[2]Template:Rp
Packhorse bridges were often built on the trade routes (often called packhorse routes) that formed major transport arteries across Europe and Great Britain until the coming of the turnpike roads and canals in the 18th century.[1] Before the road-building efforts of Napoleon, all crossings of the Alps were on packhorse trails.[3] Travellers' carriages were dismantled and transported over the mountain passes by ponies and mule trains.
Definition
In the British Isles at least, the definition of a packhorse bridge is somewhat nebulous. Ernest Hinchliffe discusses the difficulty of defining a true packhorse bridge in A Guide to the Packhorse Bridges of England.[2] He claims that "before the eighteenth century bridges were described as 'horse bridges' or 'cart bridges'" and his strict definition excludes the latter. He suggests that a classic packhorse bridge should generally be:
- less than Script error: No such module "convert". in width;
- built before 1800;
- on a recognised packhorse route.
He categorises the 190 English bridges listed in his book into three groups:
- Group 1: Script error: No such module "convert". wide or less, built before 1800 and with known packhorse associations;
- Group 2: bridges that fail one or other of the above criteria, but which are generally referred to as packhorse bridges;
- Group 3: bridges sometimes claimed as packhorse bridges, but dismissed as such by the author.[2]Template:Rp
The difficulty of classification is illustrated by Moulton Bridge in Suffolk, which Hinchliffe places in Group 1 but which English Heritage describes as "perhaps not strictly a packhorse bridge since it was wide enough to take carts".[4]
List of packhorse bridges in the British Isles
The following list includes all listed buildings described as packhorse bridges by English Heritage, Cadw, or Historic Scotland; all 106 of Hinchliffe's Group 1 bridges in England; and certain other candidates. (For England, Hinchliffe's Group numbers are given as superscripts after the bridge name.)
England
| County | Location | NameGroup | Photograph | Crosses | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire | Sutton Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Sutton Packhorse Bridge1 | Potton Brook | Medieval with later repairs; two pointed arches. Grade II* listed,[5] Scheduled monument.[6] | |
| Cheshire | Crowton Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Acton Brook | Single segmental arch. Carries public bridleway. | ||
| Cheshire | Hockenhull Platts Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Roman Bridges1 | River Gowy | Three bridges, "probably late 18th-century"[7] or "late 17th-century".[8] Grade II listed.[7][9] The three bridges carry a public byway. | |
| Cheshire | Quarry Bank Mill, Styal Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
The Packhorse Bridge | River Bollin | 1820, single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[10] Carries a public byway. | |
| Cheshire/Derbyshire | Three Shire Heads Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Three Shire Heads Bridge2 | River Dane | Probably late 18th-century; single span. Grade II listed.[11] Carries public byway. | |
| Cornwall | Bowithick Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Bowithick Bridge | Penpont Water | Probably early 19th-century; three stone arches, one larger and two small. Grade II listed.[12] | |
| Cornwall | Launceston Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
West Bridge (Prior's Bridge) | River Kensey | Late medieval; five-span bridge with two cut-waters. Grade I listed.[13] | |
| Cumbria | Ambleside Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
High Sweden Bridge1 | Scandale Beck | Late 17th-century; single-span. Grade II listed.[14]< Carries public footpath. | |
| Cumbria | Barbon Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
High Beckfoot Bridge1 | Barbon Beck | Probably late 17th- or 18th-century; described as "ruinous" in 1725.[8] Single-span. Grade II listed.[15] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Cumbria | Dean Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Calva Hall packhorse bridge1 | River Marron | Dated 1697;[2]Template:Rp single-span. Grade II listed.[16] | |
| Cumbria | Drigg Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Drigg Holme Packhorse Bridge1 | River Irt | Single-span. Scheduled monument.[17] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Cumbria | Eskdale Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Doctor[s] Bridge2 | River Esk | Probably 17th-century, widened in 1734. Grade II listed.[18] Carries public road. | |
| Cumbria | Gaisgill Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Barugh Bridge1 | Rais Gill | Probably 18th-century, but maybe earlier. Grade II listed.[19] Carries public byway. | |
| Cumbria | Knock Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Swindale Beck | Possibly 17th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[20] | ||
| Cumbria | Little Langdale Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Slater[s] Bridge1 | River Brathay | 17th-century; two clapper slabs and a single arch. Grade II* listed.[21] Carries public footpath. | |
| Cumbria | Lowgill Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Lowgill Packhorse Bridge | Lowgill Beck | Probably 17th- or 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed.[22] | |
| Cumbria | Pennington Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Devil's Bridge1 | Rathmoss Beck | 17th- or 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed.[23] Alongside public road. | |
| Cumbria | Sca Fell Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Lingcove or Throstlegarth Bridge1 | Lingcove Beck | Single arch. On Open Access land. | |
| Cumbria | Seathwaite, Allerdale Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Stockley Bridge2 | Grains Gill | Early- or mid-18th-century; single span. Grade II listed.[24] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Cumbria | Shap Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Parish Crag Bridge1 | Swindale Beck | Probably 18th-century; single span. Grade II listed.[25] Carries public footpath. | |
| Cumbria | Shap Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Park Bridge2 | Haweswater Beck | 1860–69; single span.[26] Carries public footpath. | |
| Cumbria | Stainton Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge1 | Stainton Beck | Probably 17th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[27] Adjacent to ford. | |
| Cumbria | Ullock Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge1 | Black Beck | Single span.[2]Template:Rp | |
| Cumbria | Wasdale Head Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Row Bridge1 | Mosedale Beck | Probably 18th-century; single span. Grade II listed.[28][29] | |
| Cumbria | Watendlath Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Watendlath Packhorse Bridge1 | Watendlath Beck | 18th-century; single span. Grade II listed.[30][31] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Cumbria | Wilton Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Monk's Bridge1 | River Calder | Probably 17th- or 18th-century; single span. Also known as High Wath Bridge, Mattie Benn's Bridge, Hannah Benn Bridge and Roman Bridge.[2]Template:Rp Grade II listed.[32][33] | |
| Cumbria | Winster Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
tributary of River Winster | Probably 17th-century. Grade II listed.[34] Adjacent to A5074 road. | ||
| Cumbria | Winster Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Winster Bridge1 | River Winster | 1729 with 20th-century parapet; single span. Grade II listed.[35] | |
| Derbyshire | Ashford-in-the-Water Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Sheepwash Bridge2 | River Wye | 18th-century; three low arches, with integral walled sheep pen on southern bank. Grade II* listed,[36] Scheduled monument. | |
| Derbyshire | Bakewell Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Holme Bridge1 | River Wye | 1664; five segmental arches. Grade I listed,[37] Scheduled monument.[38] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Derbyshire | Edale Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Gibraltar Bridge1 | Grindsbrook | 18th-century; single span. Grade II listed.[39] Carries public footpath. | |
| Derbyshire | Edale Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Youngate or Jacob's Ladder Bridge1 | River Noe | Possibly 17th-century; single span. Grade II listed.[40] Carries public bridleway (part of the Pennine Way). | |
| Derbyshire | nr Errwood Hall Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Goyts Bridge1 | River Goyt | Moved to current position in 1968 from Goyt's Bridge hamlet. In open access land. | |
| Derbyshire | Hayfield Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Bowden Bridge1 | River Kinder | Probably 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed.[41] Carries public footpath. | |
| Derbyshire/Staffordshire | Hollinsclough Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Hopping Packhorse Bridge1 | River Dove | Single semicircular arch.[2]Template:Rp Carries public bridleway. | |
| Derbyshire/Staffordshire | Hollinsclough Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Washgate Bridge1 | River Dove | Early 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed, "A rare example of a perfectly preserved packhorse bridge."[42] Carries public byway. | |
| Derbyshire/South Yorkshire | Howden Reservoir Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Slippery Stones Bridge2 | River Derwent | 1672; two segmental arches. Rebuilt 1959 after relocation from Derwent village. Grade II listed,[43] Scheduled monument.[44] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Derbyshire | Lea Hall Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Bradbourne Brook | 17th-century or earlier; single pointed arch. Formerly Grade II listed, now delisted.[45] On private land. | ||
| Derbyshire/South Yorkshire | Longdendale Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Ladyshaw Bridge | Salter's Brook | 17th-century; single-span. Carries public byway, part of the Trans-Pennine Trail. | |
| Derbyshire/Staffordshire | Milldale Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Viator's Bridge1 | River Dove | 17th-century or earlier; two segmental arches. Grade II listed.[46] Carries public footpath. Mentioned in The Compleat Angler (1653) by Izaak Walton. | |
| Derbyshire | Youlgreave Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Bradford Packhorse Bridge1 | River Bradford | 18th-century, single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[47] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Derbyshire | Youlgreave Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Coalpit Bridge1 | River Lathkill | Mid-18th-century; three segmental arches. Grade II listed.[48] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Devon | Brendon Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Packhorse Bridge | East Lyn River | Probably 17th- or 18th-century; single round arch. Grade II listed.[49] | |
| Devon | Drewsteignton Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Fingle Bridge | River Teign | 17th-century Grade II* listed three-arch granite bridge carrying unclassified road with pedestrian refuges over cutwaters.[50] | |
| Devon | Membury Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Beckford Bridge1 | River Yarty | 18th- or 19th-century; single-span. Grade II listed,[51] Scheduled monument.[52] | |
| Devon | Sidford Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Sidford Bridge1 | River Sid | Said to be 12th-century. Grade II listed. Parapets of original packhorse bridge incorporated into widened road bridge of 1930 carrying A3052 road.[53] | |
| Devon | Westcott Barton, Marwood Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Knowl Water | Probably 18th- or early 19th-century. Grade II listed.[54] Carries public footpath. | ||
| Dorset | near Corfe Castle Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Sharford Bridge1 | Corfe River | Scheduled monument.[55] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Dorset | Fifehead Neville Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Fifehead Neville Packhorse Bridge1 | River Divelish | Probably medieval. Grade II listed; two triangular pointed arches.[56][57] Carries footpath alongside ford on public road. | |
| Dorset | Gussage St Michael Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge | River Allen | Probably 18th-century; single semicircular arch. Grade II listed.[58] Carries public footpath. | |
| Dorset | Holwell Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge1 | Caundle Brook | Probably medieval, with 19th- and 20th-century alterations. Grade II listed.[59] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Dorset | Rampisham Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge1 | River Frome | 16th- or 17th-century alterations; three pointed arches. Grade II listed.[60] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Dorset | Sturminster Marshall Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge1 | River Winterborne | 17th-century; single cambered arch. Grade II listed.[61] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Dorset | Tarrant Monkton Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge1 | River Tarrant | Probably 17th-century; 3 segmental arches. Grade II listed.[62] Alongside ford on public road. | |
| Durham | Bowes Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Nabb Bridge1 | Deepdale Beck | 1699 per datestone (contra English Heritage listing, which says "Mid C18"); single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[63] | |
| Durham | Brafferton Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Ketton Packhorse Bridge1 | River Skerne | Late 17th- or early 18th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[64] | |
| Durham | Cornsay Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Pan Burn | Possibly early 18th-century; single wide segmental arch. Grade II listed.[65] On private land. | ||
| Durham | Egglestone Abbey Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Bow Bridge1 | Thorsgill Beck | 17th-century; single round arch.[2]Template:Rp Grade II listed.[66] | |
| Durham | Headlam Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge1 | Headlam or Dyance Beck | Probably 18th-century; single round arch. Grade II listed.[67] | |
| Durham | West Hope Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
West Hope Packhorse Bridge1 | Hill or Waitgill Beck | Single segmental arch.[2]Template:Rp | |
| Essex | Feering Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Roman Arches | River Blackwater | c.1750; seven brick arches. Under restoration.[68] | |
| Gloucestershire | Slad Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge1 | Dillay Brook | Carries public footpath. | |
| Gloucestershire/Warwickshire | Todenham Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge1 | Knee Brook | Possibly 16th-century in origin, rebuilt 18th century; two semicircular arches. Grade II listed.[69] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Gloucestershire | Wickwar Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Sturt Bridge1 | Little Avon River | Also known as Roman Arch. Probably late medieval or 16th-/17th-century; two arches. Grade II listed.[70] Carries public footpath. | |
| Greater Manchester | Prestolee Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Prestolee Bridge1 | River Irwell | Late 18th-century; five semicircular arches with cutwaters. Grade II listed.[71] | |
| Greater Manchester | Strines Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Roman Bridge1 | River Goyt | 18th-century; single segmental span. Grade II listed.[72][73] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Greater Manchester | Uppermill Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Diggle Brook | "Medieval". Adjacent to Oldham & Ripponden Trust Turnpike bridge (1864)[74] and Brownhill Bridge Mill, which is Grade II listed.[75] | ||
| Kent | Eynsford Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Eynsford Bridge | River Darent | 17th-century, two round arches. Grade II listed.[76] | |
| Lancashire | Barrowford Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Higherford Old Bridge2 | Pendle Water | 16th/17th-century, parapets added 1814–15; single span. Grade II* listed,[77] Scheduled monument.[78] | |
| Lancashire | Bleasdale Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Brooks Packhorse Bridge1 | River Brock | Single-span. Listed per Hinchliffe,[2]Template:Rp but not in English Heritage listings. | |
| Lancashire | Catlow Bottoms Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge1 | Catlow Brook | "Perhaps C17"; single semicircular arch. Grade II listed.[79] | |
| Lancashire | Capernwray Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
River Keer | Date uncertain; single semi-elliptical arch. Grade II listed.[80] | ||
| Lancashire | Clitheroe Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Old Bridge, Lower Hodder; Cromwell's Bridge | River Hodder | c. 1562; three segmental arches, the middle arch being wider. Grade II* listed,[81][82] Scheduled monument.[83] | |
| Lancashire | Sawley Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Swanside Bridge | Smithies Brook | 17th-century or earlier; single high segmental arch. Grade II listed.[84] Carries public footpath. | |
| Lancashire | Wycoller Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Wycoller Packhorse Bridge1 | Wycoller Beck | 17th-century or perhaps earlier; two segmental arches. Grade II* listed,[85] Scheduled monument.[86] Carries a public footpath. | |
| Leicestershire | Anstey Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Anstey Bridge1 | Rothley Brook | Also known as The Old Bridge. Dated by W.G.Hoskins as c. 1500, by Jervoise as late 17th-century, and by English Heritage as 16th/17th-century;[2]Template:Rp five arches. Grade II* listed,[87] Scheduled monument.[88] Carries public footpath. | |
| Leicestershire | Anstey Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
King William's Bridge3 | Rothley Brook | Probably 17th-century; two round arches. Grade II listed.[89] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Leicestershire | Aylestone Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Aylestone Old Bridge1 | River Soar | Also known as the Roman Bridge. Probably 15th-century; eleven small arches (eight on bridge, three on causeway). Grade II* listed,[90] Scheduled monument.[91] | |
| Leicestershire | Medbourne Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge1 | Medbourne Brook | Possibly 13th-century; four arches. Scheduled monument.[92] | |
| Leicestershire | Rearsby Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Seven Arch Bridge1 | Rearsby Brook | Pevsner says medieval, but datestone says 1714; seven semicircular arches, one almost buried. Grade II listed.[93] | |
| Leicestershire | Thurcaston Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Coffin Bridge1 | Rothley Brook | Three similar bridges between Thurcaston and Cropston: Sandham Bridge (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) and Coffin Bridge (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".), both with two arches, and a third, single-span, bridge at Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. All three are 16th- or 17th-century and separately Grade II listed.[94][95][96] | |
| Lincolnshire | Utterby Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Utterby Packhorse Bridge1 | 14th-century; double chamfered cambered arch. Grade II* listed.[97] | ||
| Lincolnshire | West Rasen Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Bishop's Bridge1 | River Rase | 15th-century; three segmental arches. Grade II* listed,[98] Scheduled monument.[99] | |
| Norfolk | Walsingham Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge1 | River Stiffkey | Original date unknown, probably reconstructed late 19th century; four small arches. Grade II listed.[100] In grounds of Walsingham Abbey. | |
| Northamptonshire | Charwelton Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Charwelton Bridge1 | River Cherwell | Probably 15th-century; two pointed arches. Grade II listed,[101] Scheduled monument.[102] Carries roadside pavement. | |
| Northumberland | Ovingham Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Ovingham Packhorse Bridge1 | Whittle Burn | 18th-century per English Heritage (Hinchliffe says 1698[2]Template:Rp); two segmental arches. Grade II listed.[103] | |
| North Yorkshire | Aldbrough St John Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge1 | Aldbrough Beck | Possibly 16th- or 17th-century; three segmental pointed arches. Grade II listed.[104] Carries public footpath. | |
| North Yorkshire | Birstwith Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
New Bridge1 | River Nidd | Also known as Haxby Bridge. 1822; single-span. Grade II listed.[105] Carries public right-of-way. | |
| North Yorkshire | Boltby Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge1 | Gurtof Beck | Single semicircular arch.[2]Template:Rp | |
| North Yorkshire | Clapham Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Brokken Bridge1 | Clapham Beck | Probably 18th-century; single segmental arch.[106] Carries public footpath. | |
| North Yorkshire | Croft-on-Tees Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Clow Beck Packhorse Bridge1 | Clow Beck | Possibly 15th-century; two segmental arches on differing alignments. Grade II listed.[107] Carries public bridleway. | |
| North Yorkshire | Danby Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Duck Bridge1 | River Esk | Ancient stone bridge over the River Esk, about 1 km North from Danby Castle. | |
| North Yorkshire | Glaisdale Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Beggars Bridge2 | River Esk | 1619; single segmental arch. Grade II* listed.[108] Carries public footpath. | |
| North Yorkshire | Hampsthwaite Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Cockhill Packhorse Bridge1 | Cockhill Beck | Probably 17th-century; single small semicircular arch. Grade II listed.[109] | |
| North Yorkshire | Hubberholme Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Crook Gill Bridge1 | Crook Gill | Single segmental arch.[2]Template:Rp | |
| North Yorkshire | Ivelet Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Ivelet Bridge2 | River Swale | Late 16th-century; single semicircular arch. Grade II* listed.[110] | |
| North Yorkshire | Knox nr Harrogate Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Knox or Spruisty Bridge1 | Oak Beck | 17th- or 18th-century; single slightly pointed arch. Grade II listed.[111] | |
| North Yorkshire | Linton Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Redmayne Packhorse Bridge1 | Linton or Eller Beck | Late 17th- or early 18th-century; single shallow arch with additional flood arch. Grade II listed.[112] Carries public byway alongside ford. | |
| North Yorkshire | Norwood Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Dob Park Bridge1 | River Washburn | Probably early 17th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[113] Carries public byway. | |
| North Yorkshire | Pickering Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Ings Bridge1 | Pickering Beck | Probably early 19th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[114] Adjacent to public road. | |
| North Yorkshire | Ravenseat, Swaledale Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Ravenseat Bridge1 | Whitsundale Beck | 18th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[115] Carries farm access. | |
| North Yorkshire | Romanby Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Packhorse Bridge1 | Willow Beck | 16th-century, repaired 1621; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[116] Carries public footpath. | |
| North Yorkshire | Skipton Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Skipton packhorse bridge | Wilderness Beck | Probably 17th-century; single arch. Grade II listed.[117] Carries public footpath. | |
| North Yorkshire | Sowerby Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Town End Bridge1 | Cod Beck | Also known as World's End Bridge. 1672; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[118] Carries public footpath. | |
| North Yorkshire | Spofforth Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge | River Crimple | 18th-century; single arch. Grade II listed.[119] | |
| North Yorkshire | Stokesley Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Taylorson's Bridge1 | River Leven | 17th- or early 18th-century; single round arch. Grade II listed.[120] | |
| North Yorkshire | Thornthwaite Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Thornthwaite Packhorse Bridge1 | Fall or Padside or Darley Beck | Single segmental span. Scheduled monument.[121] | |
| North Yorkshire | Westerdale Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Hunter's Sty (Stee) Bridge2 | River Esk | 13th-century, restored 1874; single round span. Scheduled monument.[122] Carries public footpath. | |
| North Yorkshire | Yockenthwaite Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Yockenthwaite Bridge2 | River Wharfe | Probably early 18th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[123] | |
| Nottinghamshire | Ratcliffe-on-Soar Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Red Hill Lock Bridge | River Soar (Loughborough Navigation) |
Late 18th- or early 19th-century; single semicircular brick arch. Grade II listed.[124] Although described as such in the official listing, this canal bridge is not a packhorse bridge by most accepted definitions. | |
| Shropshire | Clun Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Clun Bridge | River Clun | Probably 16th-century; five segmental arches. Grade II listed.[125] Carries A488 road. | |
| Shropshire | Rushbury Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Rushbury Packhorse Bridge1 | Eaton Brook | 17th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[126] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Somerset | Allerford Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Allerford Bridge1 | River Aller | Medieval; two segmental-headed arches. Grade II* listed,[127] Scheduled monument.[128] Adjoins public road through ford. | |
| Somerset | Bruton Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Bow Bridge, Plox1 | River Brue | Possibly 15th-century; single-span. Grade I listed,[129] Scheduled monument.[130] | |
| Somerset | Charterhouse Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
17th- or 18th-century; single low segmental arch. Grade II listed.[131] | |||
| Somerset | Chew Stoke Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge3 | Strode Brook | Two round arches. | |
| Somerset | Chewton Keynsham Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Chewton Packhorse Bridge | River Chew | Early 18th-century; two segmental arches. Grade II listed,[132] Scheduled monument.[133] Carries public byway. | |
| Somerset | Dowlish Wake Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Dowlish Wake Packhorse Bridge | Dowlish Brook | 17th- or 18th-century rebuild of medieval bridge; four round arches (two inserted 1994–97 for flood relief purposes).[134] Grade II listed.[135] Carries public footpath alongside road. | |
| Somerset | Dunster Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Gallox Bridge1 | River Avill | Possibly 15th-century; two round arches. Grade I listed,[136] Scheduled monument. Carries public bridleway. | |
| Somerset | Ilchester Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Pill Bridge1 | River Ivel | 17th-century; three semicircular arches. Grade II listed,[137] Scheduled monument.[138] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Somerset | Horner Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Hacketty Way Bridge1 | River Horner | Late medieval; single-span. Grade II* listed,[139] Scheduled monument.[140] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Somerset | West Luccombe Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
West Luccombe packhorse bridge | River Horner | Late medieval; single-span. Grade II* listed,[141] Scheduled monument.[142] Carries public footpath. | |
| Somerset | Oare Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Malmsmead Bridge | Badgworthy Water | 17th–18th-century; two rounded arches. Grade II listed.[143] Carries public road. | |
| Somerset | Oare Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Robber's Bridge | Weir Water | Carries public road. | |
| Somerset | Queen Camel Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge1 | River Cam | Carries public footpath. | |
| Somerset | Rode Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Scutt's Bridge1 | River Frome | Three semicircular arches. Grade II listed.[144] Carries public footpath. | |
| Somerset | Tellisford Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Tellisford Bridge2 | River Frome | Three semicircular arches. Grade II listed.[145] Carries public footpath. | |
| Somerset | Watchet Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Kentsford Bridge1 | Washford River | Probably late medieval; two segmental arches. Grade II listed.[146] Carries public footpath. | |
| Somerset | Wellow Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Wellow Bridge | Wellow Brook | Late medieval; two round arches. Grade II listed.[147] Carries public footpath. | |
| Somerset | Winsford Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Lyncombe Bridge | River Exe | 17th- or 18th-century, possibly earlier. Grade II listed.[148] | |
| Somerset | Winsford Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Old Vicarage Bridge1 | River Exe | Medieval, restored 1952; two semicircular arches. Grade II listed.[149] Carries public footpath, just upstream of 19th-century road bridge (also called Vicarage Bridge). | |
| Somerset | Winsford Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge1 | Winn Brook | Medieval, restored 1952; single semicircular arch. Grade II listed.[150] | |
| South Yorkshire | Longshaw Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Burbage Brook Bridge1 | Burbage Brook | c. 1750; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[151] On open access moorland, near to Carl Wark. | |
| South Yorkshire | Oxspring Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Willow Bridge1 | River Don | Probably 17th-century; single slightly pointed arch. Grade II listed.[152] On public bridleway, part of the Trans-Pennine Trail. | |
| South Yorkshire | Rivelin Valley Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge1 | River Rivelin | c. 1775; single elliptical arch. Grade II listed.[153] In Country Park. | |
| South Yorkshire | Wharncliffe Side Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Glen Howe Packhorse Bridge2 | Tinker Brook | Formerly New Mill Bridge. 1734; single elliptical arch. Grade II listed.[154] In public park; resited during construction of Ewden Reservoir. | |
| Staffordshire | Great Haywood Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Essex Bridge1 | River Trent | Probably 16th-century; fourteen round arches. Described as "perhaps the least altered old bridge in the county"[155] and "the longest packhorse bridge in the country".[2]Template:Rp Grade I listed,[155] Scheduled monument.[156] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Staffordshire | Tamworth Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
The Old Bolebridge | River Anker | No longer extant; demolished c.1878–79.[157] | |
| Staffordshire | Wetton, Staffordshire Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Wetton or Wettonmill Bridge | River Manifold | Early 19th-century; four semicircular arches with triangular section buttresses. Described as a packhorse bridge by English Heritage,[158] though perhaps more accurately a cart bridge. Carries public byway. | |
| Suffolk | Cavenham Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Stone Bridge2 | tributary of River Lark | Probably 16th-century; single segmental brick arch. Grade II listed.[159] Adjacent to public road. | |
| Suffolk | Moulton Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Moulton Packhorse Bridge1 | River Kennett | ca. 1446[160] with 18th-century alterations;[4] four pointed arches. Grade II* listed,[161] Scheduled monument.[162] Carries public footpath. | |
| Surrey | Ewell Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
The Packhorse Bridge | Hogsmill River | 18th-century; single semicircular brick arch. Grade II listed.[163] | |
| Surrey | Gomshall Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
River Tillingbourne | 15th-century; three arches. Grade II listed.[164] | ||
| Warwickshire | Shustoke Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Blyth Hall Packhorse Bridge | River Blythe | 18th-century; three semicircular arches. Grade II listed.[165] | |
| West Midlands | Hampton-in-Arden Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Hampton in Arden packhorse bridge2 | River Blythe | 15th-century; three stone and two brick arches. Grade II* listed,[166] Scheduled monument.[167] | |
| West Yorkshire | Bingley Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Beckfoot Bridge1 | Harden Beck | c.1723; single-span. Grade II listed.[168] Carries public footpath. | |
| West Yorkshire | Clayton West Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Park Mill Bridge1 | River Dearne | Probably 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed.[169] Carries public right-of-way. | |
| West Yorkshire | Colden Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Strines Bridge1 | Colden Water | Possibly 17th-century; single segmental arch. Grade II listed.[170] Carries public footpath; contra Hinchliffe, the English Heritage listing calls it a "fine graceful example of the packhorse type of bridge, but which having steps was probably only ever used as a foot-bridge...."[171] | |
| West Yorkshire | Goose Eye Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Dean Beck | Date unknown; single arch. Grade II listed.[172] Adjacent to clapper bridge; carries public bridleway. | ||
| West Yorkshire | Haworth Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Long Bridge1 | River Worth | Date uncertain; single-span. Grade II listed.[173] Carries public footpath. | |
| West Yorkshire | Hebden Bridge Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
The Old Bridge2 | Hebden Water | Also known as Hepton Brig.[2]Template:Rp c.1510; three segmental arches. Grade II* listed.[174] Carries public right-of-way. | |
| West Yorkshire | Loxley Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
River Loxley | Probably 18th-century, restored 1864. Grade II listed.[175] | ||
| West Yorkshire | Marsden Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Close Gate Bridge1 | Haigh Clough | 17th- or 18th-century; single-span. Grade II* listed.[176] | |
| West Yorkshire | Marsden Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Mellor Bridge1 | River Colne | 17th- or 18th-century; single-span. Grade II* listed.[177] Carries public footpath. | |
| West Yorkshire | Meanwood Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Meanwood Beck | Early 18th-century. Grade II listed, "a rare survival of a pack-horse bridge sited within a suburban setting".[178] | ||
| West Yorkshire | Oxenhope Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
North Ives or Donkey Bridge1 | Bridgehouse Beck | Date uncertain; single steeply arched span. Grade II listed.[179] Carries public footpath. | |
| West Yorkshire | Rishworth Moor Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Oxygrains Old Bridge2 | Oxygrains Clough | Probably early 17th-century;[180] single-span. Scheduled monument.[181] On Access Land. | |
| West Yorkshire | Script error: No such module "anchor".Ripponden Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Waterloo or Ripponden Old Bridge2 | River Ryburn | 1752;[182] single-span. Grade II* listed,[183] Scheduled monument.[184] Public road. | |
| West Yorkshire | Stanbury Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Lumbfoot Bridge1 | River Worth | Date uncertain; single-span. Grade II listed.[185] Carries public footpath. | |
| West Yorkshire | Wakefield Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Little Bridge1 | River Calder | Probably 18th-century; three elliptical arches. Grade II listed.[186] | |
| West Yorkshire | Wadsworth Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Lumb Bridge1 | Crimsworth Dean Beck | Probably early 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed.[187] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Wiltshire | Coombe Bissett Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge2 | River Ebble | Medieval, widened in the 19th century; three low two-centred arches. Grade II listed.[188] Carries public footpath. | |
| Wiltshire | Melksham Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
packhorse bridge1 | River Avon | 1725; four segmental arches. Grade II listed.[189] Carries public footpath. | |
| Worcestershire | Astley Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
New Bridge | Dick Brook | Late 18th- or early 19th-century, possibly earlier, single arch. Grade II listed.[190] Carries public bridleway. | |
| Worcestershire | Shell Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Shell Packhorse Bridge1 | Bow Brook | 17th-century or earlier, two round arches. Grade II listed.[191] Adjacent to ford on public road. |
Isle of Man
| County | Location | Name | Photograph | Crosses | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Man | Ballasalla Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Crossag or Monks' Bridge | Silver Burn | c. 1350; two slightly pointed arches. "It is believed to be the best example of [a] medieval bridge in the British Isles."[192] |
Scotland
| County | Location | Name | Photograph | Crosses | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borders | Stow of Wedale Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Stow Old Bridge | Gala Water | 1655; three segmental arches. Grade B listed.[193] | |
| Highland | Carrbridge Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Carrbridge Packhorse Bridge | River Dulnain | 1717; slender arch. Category B listed.[194][195] | |
| Fife | Coaltown of Balgonie Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Barrel Brig | River Ore, Fife | Early 18th century; double-span with cutwaters. Grade B listed, Scheduled monument.[196][197] | |
| Highland | John o' Groats Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Huna Burn | 1651; single-span. Grade B listed.[198] | ||
| South Lanarkshire | East Kilbride Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Craig Mill Packhorse Bridge | White Cart Water | Single-span. Grade B listed.[199] |
Wales
| County | Location | Name | Photograph | Crosses | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaenau Gwent | Aberbeeg Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Aberbeeg Packhorse Bridge | Ebbw Fach River | Grade II listed.[200] | |
| Conwy | Penmachno Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Roman Bridge | River Machno | Grade II listed.[201] | |
| Flintshire | Caergwrle Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Caergwrle Packhorse Bridge | River Alyn | Mid-17th-century; "one of the finest examples in Wales".[202] Grade II listed.[203] | |
| Flintshire | Ffrith Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Ffrith Bridge | River Cegidog | Probably 18th-century; single-span. Grade II listed, Scheduled monument.[204] | |
| Gwynedd | Dyffryn Ardudwy Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Pont Scethin | Afon Ysgethin | Probably 18th-century; single arch. Scheduled monument.[205] | |
| Gwynedd | Minllyn Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Pont Minllyn | River Dovey | Probably 17th-century; two segmental arches. Grade II listed,[206] Scheduled monument.[207] | |
| Powys | Llangenny Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Grwyne Fawr | Grade II listed.[208] | ||
| Swansea | Cheriton Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Kittlehill Packhorse Bridge | Burry Pill | Grade II listed.[209] |
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