Date:1970
Description:There has been a bridge crossing the River Trent at Great Haywood since the sixteenth century. It was rumoured that the bridge was built by the Earl of Essex, to allow Queen Elizabeth I to visit him at Chartley Castle, without having to cross the forded river, but this is most probably romantic legend. Originally named the Shugborough Bridge, the parapets were built low to avoid packhorse loads rubbing the stonework. The bays allowed pedestrians to stand to one side when a horse was passing. In the eighteenth century the bridge had forty arches and extended into Shugborough Park. Today only fourteen arches remain.
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A photograph taken from the Essex Bridge at Shugborough showing where the old course of the River Sow ...
A photograph taken from close to the Essex Bridge at Shugborough showing where the new course of the ...
There has been a bridge crossing the River Trent at Great Haywood since the sixteenth century. It was ...
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Donor ref:F.P.33.1.70 (37/24388)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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