Description

BEDALE SOUTH END
SE 1688-2788
8/49 Harbour Walls and Weir
(100 metres, east off)
- II
Harbour walls and weir. 1768. Coursed ashlar stone. 3-tier weir flanked
by L-shaped walls. Wall to left turns another right-angle and continues for
approximately 30 metres. Remains of wood sluice gates on right side of
weir. 2 iron rings in walls. In 1768 £5,000 was raised to include 4 miles
of Bedale beck in a scheme designed to make the River Swale navigable from
Moreton to Boroughbridge. (Lewis, "Tales of old Bedale", Country Life,
pp 554-557, March 11, 1971).

Listing NGR: SE2692088090

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26601412

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (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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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990