The village is separated from leicester by the rothley brook, castle hill park and the a46, and it borders the villages of glenfield, groby, newtown linford, cropston and thurcaston as well as the suburb of beaumont leys and anstey heights. Loughborough to packhorse bridge 4 ways to travel via line. The bridge was removed and rebuilt in this spot to save it from destruction. Historical features in the environs of anstey include packhorse bridge built in the 15th century to provide. According to historic records, the bridge was built further down the valley, at goyts bridge, in around 1762, on an ancient salt route. The famous packhorse bridge is a fascinating doublearched bridge. Media in category anstey packhorse bridge the following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total.
Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. It was on the pannierman route south to helmsley from durham, stokesley being an important market town en route. Cycle c2c run coast 2 coast coast to coast packhorse. Bbc north east wales ghost caught on packhorse bridge. Formerly located at the bottom of ansteys sheepwash lane, little remains of the old sheep wash. Rome2rio is a doortodoor travel information and booking engine, helping you get to and from any location in the world. By becknickolls on november 5, 2015 leave a comment lakh bespoke tutoring services are running parent workshops throughout november and december at anstey community library. The bridge used to be part of a major driving route, but these days its become just a public footpath off the melksham to holt road, across fields and over the railway line take care at the unprotected crossing and over other fields down to the the water meadows. For the first time, descriptions of englands packhorse bridges, with accurate locations are collected in a single guide book. Multiarched examples sometimes have triangular cutwaters that are extended upward to form. Nearby, on sheepwash lane, is the listed king williams bridge, which you can find out about at the leicestershire villages website. The packhorse bridge at anstey anstey lies outside the boundaries of leicester, on the way to bradgate park.
Packhorse bridge, melksham without 1251182 historic england. The following information has been contributed by users volunteering for our enriching the list project. Typically packhorses are used to cross difficult terrain, where the absence of roads prevents the use of wheeled vehicles. Jun 09, 2014 the packhorse fair, with music from hammered dulcimer to rock bruton, somerset. The high span enabled the river to be crossed in all states of the river.
Mediocrity is most certainly not on the menu or indeed any aspect of this eight bedroom country inn, which deliberately sets out to stretch the definition of pub to the limit. Two further windows provide riverside and countryside views. Higherford old bridge crosses pendle water about 90m upstream from the bridge carrying the a682 barrowford to gisburn road. Pack horse bridge, the leys, anstey listed buildings charnwood. Obviously, the person didnt go out to deliberately wreck the ancient structure whether it was caused by someone using a sat nav instead of a brain cell, or by careless driving, i dont know.
I was born and bread in anstey, 21 rosebery road, a council house with my 2 brothers kelvin and clive. Guide to the packhorse bridges of england a cicerone guide. Packhorse bridge, the great bridge of old, and two bridges at thurcaston. A packhorse bridge is a bridge intended to carry packhorses horses loaded with sidebags or panniers across a river or stream. We have furnished the holiday home to a high standard, using locally sourced materials wherever possible. For set on the flood plain about 2 miles from the town is an old pack horse bridge, only accessible by some fairly faint footpaths. A packhorse bridge is a bridge intended to carry packhorses across a river or stream. It used to be an industrial village, but most of the factories have been razed and had houses built on their sites. Multiarched examples sometimes have triangular cutwaters that are extended. The old packhorse bridge in carrbridge, invernessshire. We are the only holiday company that is based on the route exclusively providing coast to coast holidays and services.
Jan 31, 2017 packhorse bridge, stokesley spanning the river leven, the packhorse bridge is grade ii listed and dates from the 17th century although it probably replaced an earlier bridge. The anstey local history society have published a large collection of anstey adverts from the 1960s online we have included a few to browse below, and the full collection can be anstey local history society will opens its doors this september. Some say it dates back to the thirteenth century, whilst others believe it was built in the fifteenth century. This village was first mentioned in the doomsday book of 1086, of its latter. Packhorse bridge this classic copper malty bitter is made with fresh english hops giving the drinker a walk down memory lane. Chris garrand as a student back in the 1970s and early 80s i lived in both south stoke and midford and frequented the packhorse often used to walk up from midford to play shovehapenny.
The pretty village of carrbridge is in strathspey, part of the cairngorms national park. It stood at an important crossing point between ancient trading routes which ran through the valley to the north, as well as from east to west. We dodged facepainted children with ice creams, and came to a grassy opening where, across the water, stands an. Aylestone boasts a really beautiful example of a canal pack horse bridge it can easily be seen and walked over from canal bridge 105 which also bears the same name i. Just beside the bridge is an old 18th century inn called tigh an truish affectionately known to locals as the tnt. Nov 06, 2015 the packhorse bridge which once stood in the heart of goyts bridge would have been many centuries old. Loughborough library volunteers were told by a visitor to their stand, at the century of stories event day at anstey library on 25 th january 2017, a family story about an ancestor, john heggs who spoke about a lady he knew who lived in nook yard who died in a fire in the 1930s. The bridge used to be part of a major driving route, but these days its become just a public footpath off the melksham to holt road, across fields and over the railway line take care at the unprotected crossing and over other fields down to the. The packhorse bridge is located only seven miles north of aviemore, just off the main a9 road. The packhorse fair, with music from hammered dulcimer to rock bruton, somerset. King williams bridge is so named because when king william iii planned to visit the grey family at bradgate in 1696, the existing crossings of the rothley brook were found to be too narrow for the royal coach, so a new bridge had to be constructed.
The bridge, which dates from 1793, has a distinctive arch to it that allows large vessels to pass under it and was originally designed by thomas telford. Its true age may never be revealed but the ancient structure has withstood the constant passage of strings of packhorses for centuries and, more recently, thousands of. A record of some of the many stunning highways within 30 miles of haworthhebden bridge this book is no ordinary route guide. Rothley brook runs through the village, crossed by two notable bridges. Anstey lies outside the boundaries of leicester, on the way to bradgate park. Pack horse bridge, anstey, leicestershire british listed buildings. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building. A packhorse bridge is a bridge intended to carry packhorses horses loaded with. The leicester canal from aylestone pack horse bridge into. He categorises the 190 english bridges listed in his book into three groups.
Flowing through the heart of the village is the river dulnain which flows into the river spey. There were at least three packhorse bridges across this part of the river goyt. Slate and granite rubble stone with red brick coping to parapet. The scheduled ancient monuments of leicestershire and rutland. This figure is expected to increase due to the building of a new housing development off groby road. Typically a packhorse bridge consists of one or more narrow one horse wide masonry arches, and has low parapets so as not to interfere with the panniers borne by the horses. Always in england if you had the type of brain that was capable of understanding t. The scheduled ancient monuments of leicestershire and.
The packhorse bridge at taxal was dismantled after being seriously damaged in a flood. Do you recognise it in the image below showing it in its original position. Eliots poetry or kants logic, you could be sure of finding large numbers of people who would hate you violently. Beck x bridge x mediaeval x medieval x pack horse bridge x packhorse bridge packhorse track x top. Packhorse bridge, melksham without 1251182 historic. Its population was about 6,000 at the 2001 census although this is likely to have increased. It has two rings of voussoir stones, both chamfered and the lower recessed. Art uk is the online home for every public collection in the uk.
Typically a packhorse bridge consists of one or more narrow one horse wide masonry arches, and has low parapets so as not to interfere with the horses panniers. Explore anstey with pictures, history, attractions and anstey map as well as images. The leicester canal from aylestone pack horse bridge into the. The old structure is a narrow masonry bridge with a single segmental arch spanning more than 12m. Anstey is a large village in leicestershire, england, located north west of leicester in the. Jul 30, 2009 ghost caught on packhorse bridge ghostly figure caught on camera at packhorse bridge, caergwrle, courtesy of cheshire paranormal society ghost hunters from cheshire paranormal society cps took this photo during a vigil on the historic packhorse bridge in the village of caergwrle, near wrexham.
The packhorse bridge which once stood in the heart of goyts bridge would have been many centuries old. Village, rural settlement x higherford old bridge by david dixon geograph for square sd8640. This packhorse bridge is thought to date from the 16th. Use of packhorses dates from the neolithic period to the present day. Four segmental arches of different heights, highest one is second from the west. There are surprisingly few crossings of the river avon theres a footbridge, the town bridge, and the bypass in melksham, then nothing to staverton on the outskirts of trowbridge or so i thought until recently.
The view of cropston reservoir through the trees is anstey. See more ideas about old bridges, england, lake district. Old packhorse bridge carrbridge speyside historic attraction. Find all the transport options for your trip from loughborough to packhorse bridge right here. The packhorse bridge is on the route of the original road from leicester. It shows how the efforts of the south pennine packhorse trails trust have resulted in many miles of historic moorland track being reinstated and improved for use by horse riders, mountain bikers and ramblers. The village is separated from leicester by the rothley brook, castle hill park and the a46, and it borders the villages of glenfield, groby, newtown. The packhorse pub 166168 lawrence hill, bs5 0dn bristol, united kingdom rated 4.
Geograph britain and ireland is a webbased project to collect and reference geographically representative images of every square kilometre of the british isles. Ghost hunters from cheshire paranormal society cps took this photo during a vigil on the historic packhorse bridge in the village of caergwrle, near wrexham. The old anstey enclosure map of 1762 also indicates that there was once a large rectangularshaped pool livestock pond. Photo courtesy of whaley bridge local history website. This series includes the anstey centenary route and also an easy walk across fields to sheet hedges wood ancient woodland and sssi. Anstey is a large village in leicestershire, england, located north west of leicester in the borough of charnwood. Packhorse stables is in close proximity to the yorkshire dales, trough of bowland and haworth, and is well placed for easy access by train or road to manchester, leeds and york. The leicester section and pack horse bridges aylestone. Pack horse bridge is a grade ii listed building in anstey, leicestershire, england. Coast to coast packhorse has been helping them for nearly 30 years and were here on the route dedicated to providing you with the best trip, whether you want to walk, cycle, or run the way. The packhorse inn offers a truly stunning dining and staying experience. Loughborough to packhorse bridge 4 ways to travel via.
Packhorse stables holiday cottage near hebden bridge. The placename of anstey is first recorded in domesday book when it was. The anstey bridge is considered to be an investment of. See more ideas about bridge, scenery and beautiful places.
It spanned the goyt alongside the ford, and was replaced by a small wooden footbridge. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and. Yesterday, gypsy and i walked the fields near melksham down to the pack horse bridge over the river avon. Pack horse bridge walk, melksham well house consultants.
For small corrections to the list entry please see our minor amendments procedure the information and images below are the opinion of the contributor, are not part of the official entry and do not represent the official. Shortly after leaving the road, take the path on the right and follow the brook to king williams bridge. Anstey is a large semiindustrialised village in leicestershire, england, located north west of leicester in the borough of charnwood. The packhorse fair, with music from hammered dulcimer to rock. Packhorse bridge list of packhorse bridges in the british. Rome2rio makes travelling from loughborough to packhorse bridge easy. Anstey photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. Anstey s packhorse bridge is 54ft long in five arches and 5ft wide between the parapets. Ansteys packhorse bridge is 54ft long in five arches and 5ft wide between the parapets. Today, westernized nations primarily use packhorses. Spanning the rothley brook, the date of building is sometime earlier than the 18th century. The name translates from gaelic as the house of the trousers. Spanning the river leven, the packhorse bridge is grade ii listed and dates from the 17th century although it probably replaced an earlier bridge.
949 449 1134 1456 1499 619 918 302 1035 156 111 1041 1265 1376 77 465 1304 200 1313 1274 822 791 492 1371 1304 581 227 736 1073 799 1469 1199 762 1419 520 422 885 319 4 1102 945 927 1370 766 67