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Monument record MDR12461 - Borrowash Bridge and approach road (former site), Borrowash

Type and Period (1)

  • (Tudor to Victorian - 1540 AD to 1898 AD)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

The 1st ed. 25" OS map of c. 1880 shows the road approaching the River Derwent and Borrowash Mills from the south in a more northerly route than the present road, with the bridge across the river lying to the west of the present bridge. (1) The new bridge [see SMR 23802] was opened in 1899. Traces of the road to the old bridge are visible in the grounds of 'Riverside House'. (2)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1882. OS County Series, 1st edition, scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile).
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: Fowkes, D. 1986. Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology - A Gazetteer of Sites. Part II - Borough of Erewash. p 35.

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Grid reference Centred SK 4144 3395 (181m by 472m)
Civil Parish ELVASTON, SOUTH DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Apr 24 2014 11:34AM

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