Bettisfield Bridge (Bridge No 48, Llangollen Canal), Maelor South (De Maelor), Wrexham

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9145 / 52°54'52"N

Longitude: -2.8052 / 2°48'18"W

OS Eastings: 345952

OS Northings: 335535

OS Grid: SJ459355

Mapcode National: GBR 7F.NH3J

Mapcode Global: WH89T.W0CH

Plus Code: 9C4VW57V+RW

Entry Name: Bettisfield Bridge (Bridge No 48, Llangollen Canal)

Listing Date: 18 November 2005

Last Amended: 18 November 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 86958

ID on this website: 300086958

Location: Carrying the main through Bettisfield over the Llangollen Canal, approximately 500m SSE of the parish church.

County: Wrexham

Community: Maelor South (De Maelor)

Community: Maelor South

Locality: Bettisfield

Traditional County: Flintshire

Tagged with: Bridge Road bridge

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History

The Act for the Ellesmere Canal was passed in 1793, and it opened from Ellesmere Port to Llangollen, with several branches, in 1805. Its engineers were William Jessop and Thomas Telford. Telford's responsibilities included the construction of the bridges. The section between Whixall Moss and Ellesmere was completed in 1800-1, and the bridge is contemporary with it. The canal is now known as the Llangollen Canal.

Exterior

A high, battered, humped-back, single-carriageway single-span brick bridge. The round arch has been rendered. Abutments curve out to square terminal piers. A parapet with freestone coping is slightly corbelled out over abutments and arch. On the E side of the parapet is an oval iron plaque with '48' in raised numerals.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a well-preserved canal overbridge of a type characteristic of the late C18.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II* Church of St John the Baptist
In a large churchyard opposite Bettisfield Hall Farm, beyond the N end of the village.
II Lych gate at Church of St John the Baptist
To the SE of the church facing the main road through Bettisfield.
II* Bettisfield Hall
Set back from the main road through Bettisfield, opposite the parish church.
II Bettisfield war memorial
In the churchyard E of the church.
II Cornhill Bridge (Bridge No 47, Llangollen Canal)
On farmland approximately 700m SE of Bettisfield church.
II Bettisfield Windmill
An isolated building on Cadney Moss, reached by minor roads and private roads, approximately 1.5km SE of Bettisfield church.
II Bridge Number 50 (Hampton Bank Bridge)
Welshampton and Lyneal, Shropshire, SY12
II Little Hall Farmhouse
Approximately 1.3km NW of Bettisfield church, reached by farm road on the NW side of the A495.

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Bettisfield Bridge (Bridge No 48, Llangollen Canal)

A Grade II Listed Building in Maelor South (De Maelor), Wrexham