Building record 14367 - Footbridge South of Owler's Bridge

<1> Peak District National Park Archaeology Service, 2003, Blaze Farm Archaeological Field Survey for the Peak District Environmental Quality Mark Scheme, p.8 (Client Report). SCH8567.

‘…Modern wooden foot bridge spanning Clough Brook constructed on the stone piers of an 18th or 19th century footbridge. The stone piers are built from coursed sandstone blocks. The older footbridge was built sometime before 1849, the date of the earliest available detailed map of the area [see 2]…’

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 428/2, 1849 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts and labels the bridge.

<3> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 16/10/2018 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Given the association of this bridge with the route between Flash and Macclesfield (see CHER: 14359), it is possible that this was originally a packhorse bridge.

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Land Line and Master Map Vector Maps, 16/10/2018 (Maps and Plans). SCH4491.