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EspañolPACKHORSE BRIDGE
''Mellor Bridge'', a packhorse bridge in Marsden, West Yorkshire
''Essex Bridge'', a packhorse bridge across the River Trent
A 'packhorse bridge' is a bridge intended to carry packhorses (horses loaded with sidebags or panniers) across a river or stream. Typically a packhorse bridge consists of one or more narrow (one horse wide) masonry arches, and has low parapets so as not to interfere with the horse's panniers.[1]
Packhorse bridges were often built on the trade routes (often called packhorse routes) that formed major transport arteries across Britain until the coming of the turnpike roads and canals in the 18th century.[1]
| Contents |
| Places with packhorse bridges |
| England |
| Scotland |
| Wales |
| Isle of Man |
| References |
Places with packhorse bridges
Examples of surviving packhorse bridges can be found in the following places.
England
★ Ashford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire
★ Barrowford, Lancashire
★ Chew Stoke, Somerset
★ Great Haywood, Staffordshire; ''Essex Bridge''
★ Hayfield, Derbyshire
★ Marsden, West Yorkshire; ''Mellor Bridge'' and ''Close Gate Bridge''
★ Membury, Devon
★ Moulton, Suffolk
★ Sidford, Devon
★ Tamworth, Staffordshire
★ Wellow, Somerset
Scotland
★ Stow, Scottish Borders
Wales
★ Caergwrle, Flintshire
Isle of Man
★ Ballasalla, Isle of Man; ''Monks' Bridge''
References
1. Packhorse Cargo
2. Packhorse Cargo
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