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Latitude: 53.0092 / 53°0'32"N
Longitude: -1.7652 / 1°45'54"W
OS Eastings: 415849
OS Northings: 345786
OS Grid: SK158457
Mapcode National: GBR 48V.BJ6
Mapcode Global: WHCF4.VMLG
Plus Code: 9C5W265M+MW
Entry Name: Hanging Bridge and Attached Retaining Walls to Road
Listing Date: 12 January 1966
Last Amended: 25 April 2016
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1230752
English Heritage Legacy ID: 405761
Also known as: Hanging Bridge, near Ashbourne
ID on this website: 101230752
Location: Mayfield, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, DE6
County: Staffordshire
District: East Staffordshire
Civil Parish: Clifton and Compton
Built-Up Area: Mayfield
Traditional County: Staffordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire
Church of England Parish: Clifton Holy Trinity
Church of England Diocese: Derby
Tagged with: Road bridge
A bridge over the River Dove, a mill-stream bridge and associated retaining walls; C14 core, widened in the late C19 and C20.
A bridge over the River Dove, a mill-stream bridge and associated retaining walls; C14 core, widened in the late C19 and C20.
MATERIALS
Ashlar stone.
DESCRIPTION
The bridge has two medieval pointed arches over the River Dove, to either side of a central cutwater, and recessed beneath a single-span segmental arch with buttresses to each side. To the east, a further three arches span the mill stream for Hangingbridge Mill. The plain parapets continue as retaining walls to either side of the road for roughly 100m to the south-west, and 50m to the north-west. The bridge spans the Staffordshire-Derbyshire border.
The narrow packhorse bridge over the River Dove at Mayfield dates from the C14, and was widened in the later C19 and C20. The name 'Hanging Bridge' reputedly dates from the C18. After the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie in Derby on 1 December 1745, his forces made their way back to the north, taking their frustrations at their defeat out on local people. As they passed through Mayfield, the terrified villagers took refuge in the church, but were shot at by the soldiers. The perpetrators were caught and hanged from gallows over the side of the bridge.
Hanging Bridge a C14 bridge widened in the C19 and repaired in the C20, and its attached retaining walls, is listed at Grade II*, for the following principal reasons:
* Relative date: the bridge retains its original structure dating from the C14, visible beneath the later extensions;
* Architectural interest: the bridge and walls are well made with good details;
* Historic interest: the widening and improvement of the bridge illustrate the transition from medieval packhorse transport to larger-scale cart transport.
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