Description

AMPLEFORTH AMPLEFORTH ABBEY
SE 57 NE

5/4 Bridge from Abbey
Precinct across road to

9.9.85 Ampleforth Bank

The description shall be amended to read:

Footbridge. c1854, restored c1930. Rusticated limestone ashlar.
Single span across road with second arch built into the slope of
the bank, a further third arch formerly led down into the Abbey
precinct, but this has been demolished. Stepped parapet, rebuilt
at top c1930. The bridge post-dates a Royal Proclamation issued
15th June 1854 forbidding the wearing of Catholic vestments and
ornaments in public, for the bridge was designed to link the
abbey with the cemetery on Ampleforth Bank.

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AMPLEFORTH AMPLEFORTH ABBEY
SE 57 NE

5/4 Bridge from abbey
precinct across road to
9.9.85 Ampleforth Bank

GV II

Bridge. Probably early C19 in origin with later rebuilding. Rusticated
limestone ashlar. Single span across road with a second arch built into the
slope of the bank. Stepped parapet, rebuilt at top. In origin the bridge
may pre-date the 1829 Catholic Emancipation Act, its purpose being to shield
the monks from sight as they crossed the road.

Listing NGR: SE5986178930

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26442498

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014