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| Name: | Site of the First Cross Keys Bridge, Sutton Bridge |
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| HER Number: | MLI20479 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
Site of the first Cross Keys Bridge, at Sutton Bridge.
| Grid Reference: | TF 482 211 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF42SE |
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| Parish: | SUTTON BRIDGE, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
The first Cross Keys Bridge was completed before the waters of the River Nene were turned into the new outfall. The Stamford-Mercury reported that the bridge was finished on the 16th April 1830. It was designed by Sir John Rennie, who also built the Cross Keys embankment. It was built of oak and had a moveable cast iron centre of 52ft span. The toll-house which stood at the east end of Rennie's bridge survives as a private house. The bridge was replaced in 1850 by the second Cross Keys Bridge, located approximately 100ft to the south, and used to carry both road and railway traffic (see MLI20480). {1}{2}
<1> Neil R. Wright, 1980, SUTTON BRIDGE AND LONG SUTTON: AN INDUSTRIAL HISTORY, pp.7-8 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI4826.
<2> Alan Stennett, 2016, Lincolnshire Railways, pp.59-60 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI15743.
Monument Types
- BRIDGE (Post Medieval - 1830 AD to 1850 AD)
- HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1830 AD to 2050 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Bibliographic Reference: Neil R. Wright. 1980. SUTTON BRIDGE AND LONG SUTTON: AN INDUSTRIAL HISTORY. pp.7-8. |
| <2> | Bibliographic Reference: Alan Stennett. 2016. Lincolnshire Railways. pp.59-60. |
Related records
| MLI20480 | Related to: Site of the Second Cross Keys Bridge, Sutton Bridge (Monument) |
| MLI20488 | Related to: Third Cross Keys Bridge, Sutton Bridge (Monument) |
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