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Packhorse Bridge at Northbeck is a stone bridge of medieval or early modern date, situated in Lincolnshire. The structure represents the practical infrastructure of inland trade routes, serving to facilitate the movement of goods by pack animals across waterways during the medieval and post-medieval periods. Built in local stone with a characteristic arched span, the bridge exemplifies the modest but essential engineering works that connected rural communities and market centres across the English landscape. Its survival demonstrates the durability of such functional structures and their continuing importance to local topography and heritage.
Packhorse bridge, Northbeck is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018396. View the official record →
Packhorse Bridge at Northbeck is a stone bridge of medieval or early modern date, situated in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018396.
Packhorse bridge, Northbeck 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 1018396.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross, St Peter's churchyard (4.9 km), Site of Anglo-Saxon nunnery and medieval chapel, Stow Green (5.9 km), Bowl barrow 210m SSW of The Limes (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Packhorse bridge, Northbeck'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.
Packhorse bridge, Northbeck stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.