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Latitude: 52.9234 / 52°55'24"N
Longitude: -2.7289 / 2°43'43"W
OS Eastings: 351093
OS Northings: 336467
OS Grid: SJ510364
Mapcode National: GBR 7J.MX88
Mapcode Global: WH89P.1ST7
Plus Code: 9C4VW7FC+9C
Entry Name: Shropshire Union Canal Bridge Number 43
Listing Date: 16 September 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1237311
English Heritage Legacy ID: 428416
ID on this website: 101237311
Location: Welsh End, Shropshire, SY13
County: Shropshire
Civil Parish: Whixall
Traditional County: Shropshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire
Church of England Parish: Whixall St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
Tagged with: Bridge Architectural structure
WHIXALL C.P. SHROPSHIRE UNION
SJ 53 NW CANAL
2/203 Bridge No. 43
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- II
Canal bridge. Circa 1800 on William Jessop's and Thomas Telford's
Ellesmere Canal. Red brick with some engineering brick patching;
coped stone parapet. Single elliptical arch with keybricks, string
course, parapet and corner piers. Retains cast-iron plate above
arch on north side with bridge number "43" in raised lettering.
The section of the former Ellesmere Canal between Welsh Frankton
and Tilstock Park on which Bridge No. 43 is situated, was built between
1797 and 1804. 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) pp.177, 331.
Listing NGR: SJ5109336467
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