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RIPPONDEN OLD BRIDGE

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The monument includes a mid 18th century packhorse bridge which replaced an earlier stone bridge of 1533. The bridge was almost entirely rebuilt in 1973. It is constructed of hammer dressed stone with a wide single segmental, oversailing low parapet surmounted by 19th century cast iron railings. Scheduled and Listed Grade II*.

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[SE 04061978] Ripponden Old Bridge [T.U.] (1)

Pack Horse Bridge. (2)

A plain undistinguished structure of single span and uniform width.
It is still in use as a footbridge. See GP. AO.64.240.8. (3)

SD 0419 RIPPONDEN (former U.D.) PRIEST LANE, Rippondend

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Ripponden Old Bridge (formerly listed as Ripponden Bridge)
15.8.66
GV II*

Bridge, mid C18 replacement of earlier stone bridge of 1533 almost
entirely rebuilit in 1973. Hammer dressed stone. Wide single segmental, oversailing low parapet surmounted by C19 cast iron
railings. Scheduled Ancient Monument. (4)

SE 041 198 Ripponden (or Waterloo) Bridge. Scheduled. (5)

SOURCE TEXT

( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

25" 1962

( 2) Annotated Record Map

Correspondents Annotated 6" Sheet R Patterson 1950

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

22/12/1964

( 4) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

Calderdale 16/07/1984 Page(s)49

(5) English Heritage 1987 County list of Scheduled Ancient Monuments : December 1987

West Yorkshire Page(s)5

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