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Bridge at Medbourne

England
List entry 1005080
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005080
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SP 79918 93066
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bridge at Medbourne is a medieval masonry bridge crossing the River Welland in the village of Medbourne, Leicestershire. The structure dates from the medieval period and comprises stone arches of coursed rubble construction typical of medieval bridge-building techniques. The bridge represents an important example of medieval infrastructure serving the local settlement and facilitating movement across the river valley. Its survival into the modern period, despite the subsequent modifications and repairs that bridges of this age commonly undergo, reflects its continued utility as a key communication route through the landscape.

Bridge at Medbourne is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005080. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Bridge at Medbourne?

Bridge at Medbourne is a medieval masonry bridge crossing the River Welland in the village of Medbourne, Leicestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005080.

Who is responsible for protecting Bridge at Medbourne?

Bridge at Medbourne is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1005080.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bridge at Medbourne?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Manorial site west of St Gile's Church and medieval settlement west of Manor Farm (2.4 km), Iron Age and Roman ritual site, settlement, enclosures and linear ditched features, 500m East of Swallow Hill Farm (3.6 km), Butter Cross 150m east of the church (3.6 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Manorial site west of St Gile's Church and medieval settlement west of Manor Farm
2.4 km
Iron Age and Roman ritual site, settlement, enclosures and linear ditched features, 500m East of Swallow Hill Farm
3.6 km
Butter Cross 150m east of the church
3.6 km
Hallaton motte and bailey castle
4.1 km
Stoke Albany moated site and fishponds
5.1 km
Moated site at Allexton
7.6 km
Round barrow W of Pipewell Upper Lodge
7.9 km
St Mary in Arden Church
8.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bridge at Medbourne

Bridge at Medbourne stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Bridge at Medbourne

IrchesterRoman town · ~18 milesWater NewtonRoman town · ~20.1 milesWhilton LodgeRoman town · ~21.2 milesBattle of Naseby 1645Battle (1645) · ~10.9 milesBattle of Northampton (1460)Battle (1460) · ~21.4 miles
Domesday entry for Medbourne, Leicestershire →
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