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A History of the County of Stafford
… and Alstonefield crossed the Dove there by Viator's bridge, a two-arched stone structure probably of the early … 16th century and probably on the site of the Alstonefield bridge mentioned in the late 1420s. 93 It is named from one … 1658 when a woman was drowned there; 98 the present stone bridge is a 19th-century structure of one arch. It was the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… part of the Alstonefield- Longnor road over Archford bridge. 78 When the former was turnpiked in 1770 as a branch … road, 79 it was realigned to cross the river by a new bridge c. 300 yd. upstream at Hulme End. At first called Hayesgate bridge and also known as Hulme End bridge by 1778, the new …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the present course of the river Manifold east of Longnor bridge. At the same date 1 a. on the north side of the river … (263 m.) where the road crosses the Manifold at Longnor bridge. The underlying rock is sandstone of the Millstone … on the site before the turnpike road was laid out. 3 The bridge over Oakenclough brook at Hardings Booth was rebuilt …
A History of the County of Stafford
… John Tunnicliff. 1 North-east of Golling Gate a packhorse bridge, surviving in 1994, crossed the Dove, and there was once another packhorse bridge downstream near Hollinsclough village. 2 Hollinsclough …
A History of the County of Stafford
… within a fortnight of leaving office at either Archford bridge or Hayesgate, those being the customary places; he was … and was known as the part of the parish below Archford bridge, which spanned the Manifold on the boundary between …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in 1934, when 18 a. south of the river east of Longnor bridge were transferred to Heathylee civil parish and 1 a. … village. 2 The road from Leek crossed the Manifold by a bridge in existence by 1401 and called Longnor bridge in 1478. 3 The present bridge was built in 18223 after …
A History of the County of Stafford
… crosses the Manifold east of Warslow village, where a bridge was recorded c. 1220. 62 The road between Cheadle and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to Lechlade, 18 crossed Shill brook at Shill ford, where a bridge existed by 1774 and was replaced in 1855. 19 A road or …