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Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge Number 60 at SK079 164

A Grade II Listed Building in Armitage, Staffordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.7456 / 52°44'44"N

Longitude: -1.8842 / 1°53'3"W

OS Eastings: 407913

OS Northings: 316446

OS Grid: SK079164

Mapcode National: GBR 3BG.Y5M

Mapcode Global: WHCGG.1810

Plus Code: 9C4WP4W8+68

Entry Name: Trent and Mersey Canal Bridge Number 60 at SK079 164

Listing Date: 10 February 1995

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1373925

English Heritage Legacy ID: 431003

Also known as: Bridge 60, Trent and Mersey Canal
High Bridge

ID on this website: 101373925

Location: Mavesyn Ridware, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS15

County: Staffordshire

District: Lichfield

Civil Parish: Armitage with Handsacre

Built-Up Area: Armitage

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire

Church of England Parish: Armitage St John Baptist

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

Tagged with: Bridge Architectural structure

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Description


ARMITAGE WITH HANDSACRE TRENT AND MERSEY
SK 01 NE CANAL

6/10000 Bridge No 60, off Church
Lane at SK 079 164

- II

Canal accommodation bridge. Late C18. Red brick with stone coping. Single span with towpath. Segmental headed arch. Swept wings terminating in piers at all 4 corners. Built into stone banks of a cutting. Lower sections of abutments are formed from a mixture of hewn stone and brick, particularly on the towpath side of abutment. There are minor brick repairs and part of the coping has been replaced in concrete. The Trent and Mersey Canal was built between 1766 and 1777 by James Brindley and Hugh Henshall.
Charles Hadfield, The Canals ofthe West Midlands (1966)
Jean Lindsay, The Trent and Mersey Canal (1979)


Listing NGR: SK0791316446

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