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Paddock Bridge Number 2 (That Part in Ellesmere Rural Cp)

A Grade II Listed Building in Ellesmere Rural, Shropshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.8895 / 52°53'22"N

Longitude: -2.9838 / 2°59'1"W

OS Eastings: 333902

OS Northings: 332905

OS Grid: SJ339329

Mapcode National: GBR 76.Q1NW

Mapcode Global: WH89R.4MDP

Plus Code: 9C4VV2Q8+RF

Entry Name: Paddock Bridge Number 2 (That Part in Ellesmere Rural Cp)

Listing Date: 25 April 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1055911

English Heritage Legacy ID: 260868

Also known as: Shropshire Union Canal Paddock Bridge Number 2

ID on this website: 101055911

Location: Ellesmere Rural, Shropshire, SY11

County: Shropshire

Civil Parish: Ellesmere Rural

Traditional County: Shropshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire

Church of England Parish: Welsh Frankton St Andrew

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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Listing Text

ELLESMERE RURAL C.P. SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL
SJ 33 SW
(Llangollen Branch)
7/171 Paddock Bridge No. 2
- (that part in Ellesmere
Rural C.P.)
- II
Accommodation bridge. Circa 1801 with minor later alterations on William
Jessop's and Thomas Telford's Ellesmere Canal. Red brick with stone coping
terminating in square corner piers. Segmental arch with wooden ribs
supporting boarded trackway; string course. This section of the Ellesmere
Canal was completed c.1801. The Ellesmere Canal Company amalgamated with
the Chester Canal Company in 1813 and became part of the Shropshire Union in
1846 . Charles Hadrieid, Canals of the West Midlands (3rd edn. 1985), p.
173; Edward Wilson, The Ellesmere and Llangollen Canal- (1975), pp. 19-20.


Listing NGR: SJ3390232904

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