Old Stirk Bridge, Destroyed 1859
View of Old Stirk Bridge, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire.
Author: Unknown
Date: 1859
Location: Sowerby Bridge
Format: Glass Slide
Document ID: 101843
Library ID: 18
The Old Stirk Bridge was a 17th century pack-horse bridge over the Ryburn at Sowerby Bridge on the way to Norland. This stone bridge was demolished in 1859 and replaced by a cast iron bridge.
A ducking stool was here 1685-90. In 1722, 8 members of the same family drowned here when the Ryburn flooded.
The glass slide is from the John Bates Slide Collection held at Sowerby Bridge Public Library.
