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Hornby Bridge
Hob Uid: 42905
Location : Lancashire Lancaster Hornby-with-Farleton
Grid Ref : SD5852068390
Summary : Bridge of 1769, widened during World War II.
More information : (SD 58526839) Hornby Bridge (NAT) (1) Hornby Bridge is shown on Elizabethan maps. (2) The stone-built Hornby Bridge, of uncertain date, has three round arches with pilaster-strips and cutwaters. There is a stone band parallel with the plain parapets. Grade 2. (3) Baines stated that "Gray the poet" (presumably Thomas Gray 1716-1771) said - "I came to Hornby .... on the Wenning, over which a handsome bridge is now building ....." (4) Hornby Bridge. Grade II. Bridge, 1769 (Village Guide), widened on W side during Second World War. Sandstone ashlar. Masons' marks visible on soffits of arches. (5) SD 585 683. Hornby Bridge. Scheduled No LA/61. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1919
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Source details : T Lancs & Ches AS 13 1895 84-5 (W Harrison)
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Source details : DOE (HHR) Lunesdale RD Lancs Feb 1961 41
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Source details : Hist of Lancs 4 1835 604 (E Baines)
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : DOE Listed Buildings City of Lancaster 4-Dec-1985 52
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : English Heritage SAM List Lancs March 1994 8
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
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Monument Start Date : 1769
Monument Type : Bridge
Evidence : Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : LA 61
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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 182414
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SD 56 NE 7
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