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Latitude: 53.583 / 53°34'58"N
Longitude: -2.7376 / 2°44'15"W
OS Eastings: 351263
OS Northings: 409855
OS Grid: SD512098
Mapcode National: GBR 9WB0.3B
Mapcode Global: WH86K.X6KJ
Plus Code: 9C5VH7M6+6X
Entry Name: Leeds and Liverpool Canal Hand Lane Bridge (Number 41)
Listing Date: 19 August 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1231025
English Heritage Legacy ID: 357851
ID on this website: 101231025
Location: West Lancashire, WN6
County: Lancashire
District: West Lancashire
Civil Parish: Parbold
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire
Church of England Parish: Douglas-in-Parbold Christ Church
Church of England Diocese: Blackburn
Tagged with: Architectural structure
PARBOLD LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL
SD 50 NW
10/75 Hand Lane Bridge (No 41)
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II
Accommodation bridge over Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Probably early
1770s. Coursed sandstone. Single elliptical arch. Band below parapet with
coping. The section of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal between Newburgh and
Gathurst follows the line of Leigh's Cut, begun by the Douglas Navigation
c1753. Work was in progress in 1772, and the canal between Gathurst and
Liverpool was opened for traffic in 1774. Hadfield, C., and Biddle, G.,
The Canals of North West England, 1970, vol I, p73.
Listing NGR: SD5126309854
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