Lever Bridge

Date:
17 Aug 1999
Location:
Lever Bridge, Middleton, Rochdale, Greater Manchester
Reference:
IOE01/00526/12
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

MIDDLETON ALKRINGTON SD 80 NE 2/3 Lever Bridge 15/3/57 G.V.

II Bridge over River Irk. C17 with later repair and rebuilding.

Dressed stone. Single segmental arch with keystone and band.

The parapet walls splay out at the ends and have chamfered edges to the top stones. Inscribed stones read: "Darcy Lever LL.D. enlarged this bridge 1733", "RL 1636 IL" (Robert Lever), and "1658". A stone bearing the date of 1836 has also been recorded.

Listing NGR: SD8648405345

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1091 IOE Records taken by Pamela Jackson; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Ms Pamela Jackson. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Jackson, Pamela

Rights Holder: Jackson, Pamela

Keywords

Stone, Tudor Bridge, Elizabethan Monument (By Form), Stuart Transport, Jacobean Date Stone, Commemorative, Commemorative Stone, Commemorative Monument