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Latitude: 52.8895 / 52°53'22"N
Longitude: -2.9839 / 2°59'1"W
OS Eastings: 333900
OS Northings: 332903
OS Grid: SJ339329
Mapcode National: GBR 76.Q1NW
Mapcode Global: WH89R.4MCP
Entry Name: Paddock Bridge Number 2
Listing Date: 2 September 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1180240
English Heritage Legacy ID: 255852
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
WHITTINGTON C.P.
SJ 33 SW
5/136
SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL
(Llangollen Branch)
Paddock Bridge number 2
II
Canal 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; flat string course.
This section of the former Ellesmere Canal was completed circa 1801. The Ellesmere Canal Company amalgamated with the Chester Canal Company in 1813 and became part of the Shropshire Union in 1846.
The asset was previously listed twice also under the parish of Ellesmere Rural at List entry 1055911. This entry was removed from the List on 2 October 2017.
This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 2 October 2017.
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