Historic bridges · South East England
Park Bridge
Park Bridge — Grade II listed building-listed bridge in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–30 min
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Park Bridge is a Grade II listed building-listed bridge in england-south-east, United Kingdom, registered on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE entry 1249363). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.
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Heritage listing
Park Bridge is an area of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester, England. It is situated in the Medlock Valley, by Ashton-under-Lyne's border with Oldham. Park Bridge anciently lay within the medieval manor of Ashton; however, there is no record of Park Bridge until the 17th century. The name is probably a reference to the medieval Lyme Park, in the north west of the manor of Ashton.
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Park Bridge is an area of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester, England. It is situated in the Medlock Valley, by Ashton-under-Lyne's border with Oldham. Park Bridge anciently lay within the medieval manor of Ashton; however, there is no record of Park Bridge until the 17th century. The name is probably a reference to the medieval Lyme Park, in the north west of the manor of Ashton. For nearly two hundred years from the 18th to the 20th centuries it was the site of the Park Bridge Ironworks.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Samuel Lees junior founded Park Bridge ironworks in 1786 on 14 perches of land rented from the Earl of Stamford. The ironworks remained the largest such works in Tameside, including a nearby colliery and associated with the Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Railway. The business was inherited by another four generations of the Lees family, until the closure of the site. The ironworks started to decline at the end of the 19th century with the cessation of coal mining in the Medlock Valley in 1887. Competition from the steel industry over a long period and the closure of the railway in 1959 further dented the profits. The ironworks finally closed in 1963, still under the control of the Lees…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.3552, -1.9924
- District
- Wiltshire
- Parish
- Devizes
- Postcode
- SN10 1DJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Melksham and Devizes
Sources
- wikidata: Q26541503 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Park Bridge (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Park Bridge?
- Park Bridge is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SN10 1DJ), in the parish of Devizes.
- Is Park Bridge a listed building?
- Park Bridge is officially recognised as Grade II listed building listed.
- Is Park Bridge free to visit?
- Yes, Park Bridge is free to enter.
- How do I get to Park Bridge?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SN10 1DJ. It sits within the Melksham and Devizes parliamentary constituency.