Description

In the entry for:-

WHIXALL SHROPSHIRE UNION
SJ 43 SE CANAL

5/207 Allman's Bridge

the grade shall be amended to read: Grade II* (star)

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WHIXALL C.P. SHROPSHIRE UNION
SJ 43 SE CANAL (Edstaston
Branch)
5/207 Allman's Bridge
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GV II
Canal lift bridge. Probably c.1800-06 with later repairs on the
Prees branch of William Jessop's and Thomas Telford's Ellesmere Canal.
Wooden bascule bridge operated by counterweight and chain system.
The Prees branch was originally intended to reach Prees Higher Heath
but by 1806 had only got as far as Quina Brook, near Edstaston, where
it was decided to terminate it. The Ellesmere Canal Company amalgamated
with the Chester Canal Company in 1813 and became part of the Shropshire
Union in 1846. Charles Hadfield, Canals of the West Midlands (3rd
edn. 1985) p.331.

Listing NGR: SJ4911534900

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17542257

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Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014