Description

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SD 92 SW TODMORDEN RAGBY BRIDGE

off Ramsden Lane
92-/5/10001

II

Accommodation bridge. Probably early C18. Rubble brought to course
with roughly dressed grit-stone voussoirs. Single-span packhorse
bridge over the Ramsden Clough. Arch springs from boulder plinth with
stone setted foot-bed under arch. Slightly swept abutments; formerly
had low single-stone parapet recorded in 1966, now missing; dislodged
before 1988, reported to have been washed away in a flash flood in
1983. The bridge carried an ancient packhorse route called 'The
Walsden Highway' being part of the 'Ramsden Long Causeway', which was
the highway from Rochdale and Wardle to Walsden and Todmorden prior
to the construction of the Steanor Bottom Turnpike Road through the
Walsden valley in 1764. See Steanor Bottom Toll House, Rochdale Road,
item no. 8/258. A good example of a small packhorse bridge set in a
typical rural moorland setting. It was the only bridged river
crossing in Walsden prior to the building of the Rochdale Canal in
1800, when New Bridge was constructed in the valley bottom. J.
Crowther, Walsden: A century of Change, 1780-1880, Todmorden
Antiquarian Society, p.4. S. Hogg, 1991, Naze Road and Ramsden Long
Causeway via Ragby Bridge to Rochdale boundary, South Pennine
Packhorse Trails Information Sheet.

Listing NGR: SD9219321565

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26320385

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  For the Record
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)