Rearsby Seven Arched Bridge - Rearsby, Leicestershire
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N 52° 43.453 W 001° 02.252
30U E 632532 N 5843399
A metal plaque by the seven arch bridge, Rearsby, which crosses Rearsby brook.
Waymark Code: WM152H3
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/03/2021
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A metal plaque by the seven arch bridge, Rearsby, which crosses Rearsby brook.
"The doomsday book of 1086 records the village when the packhorse bridge was originally a wooden structure but was rebuilt in its current mainly granite form in 1714 and still allows a pedestrian crossing of the brook which is situated in the conservation area within the village centre."
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The plaque reads -
REARSBY SEVEN ARCHED BRIDGE
Often called a packhorse bridge and more than three hundred
years old, this bridge is listed as an Ancient Monument.
According to village records it was built by six men in nine
days at a cost of just over £11. Fifteen loads of forest stone
and 21 quarters of lime were used in its construction. Robert
Harrison, Village Constable, oversaw the works and his
initials RH and the build year 1714 are engraved in a stone on
its south east corner. The bridge was paid for by a levy on the
village rates of eight pence in the pound and remains in its
original form today.
THIS PLAQUE WAS DONATED BY REARSBY HISTORY SOCIETY IN 2017