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Description: High Royd Bridge

Address: High Royd Bridge Rochdale Canal Between Hebden Bridge & Sowerby Bridge West Yorkshire

Grade: II

Group detail: Rochdale Canal

Full description:
Canal bridge. c1798. For the Rochdale Canal Company. Coursed squared stone. Horseshoe arch with tie-stones; band below parapet (possibly rebuilt) which has triangular section coping. Pilaster buttresses, flanking arch, rise into ashlar piers at parapet, the coping raised and hipped above them. Below arch, tow path on south side has large kerb stones. For history of canal construction see Sowerby Long Bridge (SB12/177).