Baslow Bridge

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Baslow Bridge is a grade I listed [1] stone bridge spanning the River Derwent in Baslow, Derbyshire. The bridge is also a scheduled monument. [2]

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Baslow Bridge

History

The bridge, which was built using sandstone ashlar, features a date stone with the year ‘1608’. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "BASLOW BRIDGE, Baslow and Bubnell - 1088195 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  2. Stuff, Good. "Baslow Bridge, Baslow, Derbyshire". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  3. "Baslow - Discover Derbyshire and the Peak District". www.derbyshire-peakdistrict.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  4. Firth, John Benjamin (1905). Highways and Byways in Derbyshire. Macmillan and Company, limited.

Coordinates: 53°14′52″N1°37′31″W / 53.2477°N 1.6252°W / 53.2477; -1.6252