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Town End Bridge

A Grade II Listed Building in Sowerby, North Yorkshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.2198 / 54°13'11"N

Longitude: -1.3339 / 1°20'2"W

OS Eastings: 443529

OS Northings: 480659

OS Grid: SE435806

Mapcode National: GBR MM4N.02

Mapcode Global: WHD8P.H60C

Plus Code: 9C6W6M98+WC

Entry Name: Town End Bridge

Listing Date: 20 June 1966

Last Amended: 15 June 1984

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1189109

English Heritage Legacy ID: 333273

Also known as: Pack Horse Bridge, Town End
World's End Bridge

ID on this website: 101189109

Location: Old Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7

County: North Yorkshire

District: Hambleton

Civil Parish: Sowerby

Built-Up Area: Thirsk

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire

Tagged with: Bridge Packhorse bridge

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Description


SE 48 SW SOWERBY MAIN STREET
2/34 (west side)
20.6.66
Town End Bridge (formerly
listed as Pack Horse
Bridge, Town End)

II


Single span stone bridge. The Sessions of 1672 allowed £10 to be paid towards making
Sowerby Bridge a 'sufficient horse bridge'. Span 10 yards, width just over 5 feet.
Segmental arch. E Jervoise, The Ancient Bridges of the North of England, 1931, p74 and
fig 36.


Listing NGR: SE4352980659

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