Summary
Road bridge crossing the River Yarrow, early- to mid-C18.
Reasons for Designation
Fishery bridge, of early- to mid-C18 origin, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
History
Fishery Bridge crosses the River Yarrow around 32 m north-west of Jubilee Almshouses (National Heritage List for England (NHLE) entry 1072553), and it forms part of the historic route between Rufford, Croston and Bretherton. The construction of the bridge likely dates to the development, between 1720-1742, of the River Douglas which created a straighter artificial course to Croston, north of Meadow Lane, and involved several programmes of canalisation to improve transportation networks across the Lancashire Plain. The bridge is shown on Yates map of 1786 and identified as Fishery Bridge in the 1803 Bridge List, the OS 1845 and 1847 map and the 1848 Bridge List. It is shown with a single coursed parapet with saddleback coping in a C19 photograph. Repairs were undertaken to the bridge in 1930 with the insertion of a concrete saddle; water, gas and sewage rising mains; re-laying of original and new setts provided by the county council, and raising of the parapet wall by one narrow masonry course below re-set saddleback coping. This phase of repairs is thought to date the inscription ‘C C Fishery Bridge’ running along the inner face of the east parapet coping (following the creation of Lancashire County Council in 1889). In 1994 repairs and improvements were made with the insertion of metal cramps to the parapet coping.
Details
Road bridge, early to mid C18.
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