Old Lower Hodder Bridge
Old Lower Hodder Bridge | |||||
Location Map ( geo) | |||||
The bridge in 2017 | |||||
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Location | |||||
Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley | |||||
County | |||||
Lancashire • Yorkshire | |||||
Opening Date | |||||
1562 | |||||
Additional Information | |||||
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Crossings related to the B6243 | |||||
The Old Lower Hodder Bridge crosses the River Hodder between the parishes of Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley and Great Mitton. It is a sandstone arch bridge which was built in 1562 but replaced in 1819 by a new bridge slightly to the north
. The old bridge itself replaces an even older one, of which very little is known about it, other than it was damaged by floods[1].
The bridge is also known as Cromwell's Bridge when his army passed over it on 16th August 1648, the day before the Battle of Preston[2].
The bridge has three segmental arches and triangular cutwaters. The parapets are now missing.
The bridge is listed at grade 2* and was first listed in 1954, but by 2020 appeared on English Heritage's Heritage at Risk Register as a result of general decay, vegetation and weather encroachment[3].
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