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Monument Number 43617

Hob Uid: 43617
Location :
Lancashire
Ribble Valley
Clayton-le-Dale
Grid Ref : SD6623035640
Summary : Ribchester Bridge 1774,prob.on site of c.1354,1669 bridges
More information : [SD 66233564] Ribchester Bridge [T.I.] (1)

The present Ribchester Bridge, across the R.Ribble "was built in
1774 in place of one washed away two years earlier which had
stood since 1669. A bridge existed at Ribchester as early as
the fourteenth century, as amongst the Townley MSS is a charter
quoted in Whitakers (a) ...., giving permission in the year
1354 for the building of a bridge of wood or stone." (2)

In 1669 the old bridge (when erected is unknown) was replaced by
the bridge which in 1772 was washed away by a flood. The present
bridge was built in 1774. (3)

The present bridge and approaches are all of one period of
construction. There are no traces of an earlier bridge on the
site or nearby. (4)
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Source details : OS 6" 1932.
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Source details : 'The Ancient Bridges of the North of England,' 1931 p.137-8 (E.Jervoise)
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Source Number : 2a
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Source details : 'History of Whalley (Whitaker)
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Source details : History of Ribchester, 1890 pp 263-4 (T.C. SMITH & Rev. J. SHORTT)
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : F1 ASP 03-MAR-58
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Bridge
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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Bridge
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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SD 63 NE 4
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1958-03-03
End Date : 1958-03-03