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Rastrick Bridge

Coordinates: 53°41′57″N 1°47′00″W / 53.6993°N 1.7832°W / 53.6993; -1.7832
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Rastrick Bridge
Coordinates53°41′57″N 1°47′00″W / 53.6993°N 1.7832°W / 53.6993; -1.7832
CarriesA643
CrossesRiver Calder
LocaleBrighouse, West Yorkshire
Other name(s)Brighouse Bridge
Characteristics
Designarch bridge
MaterialStone
No. of spans3
Piers in water2
History
Opened1558 (rebuilt 1750)
Location
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Rastrick Bridge crosses the River Calder in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1558 as a replacement for an earlier wooden bridge and rebuilt c1750.

History

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A wooden structure called Rastrick Bridge was recorded as being present in 1275. The bridge was replaced by one built with timber donated by John Hanson in 1514. Hanson's son funded a stone replacement for this bridge in 1558.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Turner, J. Horsfall (Joseph Horsfall) (1893). The history of Brighouse, Rastrick, and Hipperholme; with monorial notes on Coley, Lightcliffe, Northowram, Shelf, Fixby, Clifton and Kirklees. Retrieved 4 February 2010.

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