Rastrick Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:Rastrick Bridge
Also Known As:Brighouse Bridge
Carries:A643
Crosses:River Calder
Locale:Brighouse, West Yorkshire
Design:arch bridge
Material:stone
Spans:3
Pierswater:2
Open:1558 (rebuilt 1750)
Coordinates:53.6993°N -1.7832°W

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

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]

See also

Notes and References

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