Brown End Farm Bridge - Waterhouses, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK.
N 53° 02.908 W 001° 52.012
30U E 575958 N 5878262
This arch bridge is located at the entrance to Brown End Farm on the A523 Leek Road in the village of Waterhouses.
Waymark Code: WMXHJH
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/15/2018
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The bridge is a brick built accommodation bridge over the River Hamps that provides access to Brown End Farm and Brown End Quarry car park, in the village of Waterhouses.
'Waterhouses is the largest village on the south-western edge of the Peak District National Park, and the most substantial settlement in the Hamps valley. The large limestone quarry complex at nearby Cauldon provides much of the local employment but does not impose on the village.' (
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'The River Hamps is a tributary of the River Manifold, which itself flows into the River Dove near Ilam. For its entire length the river flows through the Peak District National Park.
The name Hamps derives from its Middle English title, "Hanespe" which derives from the British name, which means "summer dry", i.e. dry in summer. This is because the river disappears underground during the summer.' Source: (
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The river bed was dry at the time of photographing for this waymark, as can be seen in the photographs.