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Description: County Bridge

Address: County Bridge Town Hall Street Sowerby Bridge West Yorkshire

Grade: II

Group detail: Town Hall Street

Full description:
Road bridge. First stone bridge 1517, widened 1632 and again in 1875 (Sowerby Bridge Guide, p 32; Sowerby Bridge Civic Society, p 6). Coursed squared stone and cast iron. 3 shallow recessed round arches; triangular section cutwaters to south side, eastern one rebuilt, and to east end on north side; the wider iron superstructure of 1875, supported by the cutwaters on the southern side and by 2 round piers on northern side, has latticed base and balustrade with round-ended panels and panelled standards with pyramidal finials. The town was named after the bridge. Sowerby Bridge Chamber of Trade and Commerce Official Tourist Guide. Sowerby Bridge Civil Society, (Sowerby Bridge Trail).