Rearsby Bridge - Rearsby, Leicestershire
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N 52° 43.458 W 001° 02.248
30U E 632536 N 5843408
An old packhorse bridge, Rearsby.
Waymark Code: WM152H2
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/03/2021
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An old packhorse bridge, Rearsby, which crosses this small stream.
The original wooden bridge would have been medieval, and was replaced in 1714 by this stone 7-arch bridge (of which only 6 arches are visible today). It stands by a ford over the Rearsby brook. Legend has it that it took six men nine days to complete it at a total cost of £11 2s 2d (about £2200 in today's money).
"Bridge. Medieval, perhaps C16. Largely granite rubble with brick. Low narrow structure with 7 arches, 3 over stream and 4 lesser arches for the longer south approach. 3 rounded cutwaters to east, 2 are granite, but one is brick. Brick coping to low parapet."
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