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Chester New Bridge is a stone bridge spanning the River Wear at Chester-le-Street in County Durham. The bridge dates from the medieval period and represents significant infrastructure development in the region. Built to facilitate crossing of the river at an important point in the settlement, it demonstrates the constructional techniques and architectural practices of its era. The structure remains an important record of medieval bridge engineering and the transport networks that connected Durham's communities.
Chester New Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002354. View the official record →
Chester New Bridge is a stone bridge spanning the River Wear at Chester-le-Street in County Durham. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002354.
Chester New Bridge 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 1002354.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Harbour House Chapel (4 km), Settlement SW of Harbour House Farm (4.3 km), Finchale Priory Benedictine cell: hermitage, monastic precinct and site of priory watermill (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Chester New Bridge's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Chester New Bridge stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.