The Old Bridge Over the Hebden Water
THE OLD BRIDGE OVER THE HEBDEN WATER, BRIDGE GATE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1228914
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jul-1963
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD BRIDGE OVER THE HEBDEN WATER, BRIDGE GATE
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- Date:
- 1999-08-03
- Reference:
- IOE01/01082/03
- Rights:
- © Mr Norman Hurst. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1228914
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jul-1963
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 21-Jun-1984
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD BRIDGE OVER THE HEBDEN WATER, BRIDGE GATE
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD BRIDGE OVER THE HEBDEN WATER, BRIDGE GATE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Calderdale (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Hebden Royd
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 99217 27294
Details
SD 9927 HEBDEN ROYD C.P. BRIDGE GATE, Hebden Bridge
5/47 The Old Bridge over the Hebden Water (formerly 19.7.63 listed as Old Hebden Bridge)
G.V. II*
Packhorse bridge, c.1510. Has plaques recording repairs of 1600, 1602 and 1657. The parapet repaired in 1845 and raised in 1890. Large dressed stone. 3 segmental arches the voussoirs chamfered with 2 pointed breakwaters rising the full height of the parapet to the south west. Similar to north east but one is capped off at keystone level where a wall abuts. Three inscribed date plaques: REPAYRED: BY TH E.RIDINGE: BY ORD REPAIRED BY HELP OF ER: OF SESSIONS (B) Y GVST : 1657 RICHARD : NALER Y R.G.R.G. SESSIONS 1602 REPAIRED BY HELP OF JOHN : GREENMOOD SESSIONS 1600
The land arch to the east bank originally served the tail-goit of Bridge Mill (q.v.), once the XnnoriaJ Corn Mill. Scheduled Ancient Monument.Calder Civic Trust, Hebden Bridge Trail (Bolton, no date), p.5. D. Thomas, The Old Bridge, Hebden Bridge Lit. & Sci. Soc., Local History Booklets Vol. 3, (Hebden Bridge, 1982), p.3. N. Pevsner, Yorkshire West Riding, (1967), p.260.
Listing NGR: SD9921727294
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 403646
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Spencer, C, Hebden Bridge History Trail, (), 5
Pevsner, N, Radcliffe, E, The Buildings of England: Yorkshire: The West Riding, (1967), 260
Hebden Bridge Literary and Scientific Society Local History Section Booklets in Hebden Bridge Literary and Scientific Society Local History Section Booklets, Vol. 3, (1982), 3
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