Essex Bridge, Staffordshire

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Essex Bridge

Essex Bridge (grid reference SJ995225 ) is a Grade I listed [1] packhorse bridge over the River Trent near Great Haywood, Staffordshire, England.

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Spanning the Trent 100 metres downstream of its confluence with the River Sow, it was built in the late sixteenth century by the Earl of Essex a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. The Earl lived nearby at Chartley Castle. It is now the longest remaining packhorse bridge in England with fourteen of its original forty round span arches left, [2] :129 and has been described as "perhaps the least altered old bridge in the county" [1]

The bridge carries the long-distance footpath The Staffordshire Way over the River Trent, linking the Trent and Mersey Canal tow-path with the bridleway through the Shugborough estate to Cannock Chase.

The bridge is also a scheduled monument. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "Essex Bridge (1079635)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  2. Hinchliffe, Ernest (1994). A Guide to the Packhorse Bridges of England. Milnrow, Cumbria: Cicerone Press. ISBN   1-85284-143-5.
  3. Historic England. "Essex Bridge, Great Haywood (1006111)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

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