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The Old Lower Hodder Bridge

England
List entry 1003563
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003563
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SD 70411 39157
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Old Lower Hodder Bridge is a medieval stone arch bridge spanning the River Hodder near Whitewell in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire. The bridge dates to the fourteenth century and represents an important crossing point in the upland landscape of medieval Lancashire. Constructed of roughly coursed stone with a single arch, the structure demonstrates the engineering practices of later medieval bridge building. The bridge remains substantially intact and serves as evidence of medieval infrastructure development in this remote region, though its exact original form has been modified through subsequent repairs and maintenance.

The Old Lower Hodder Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003563. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is The Old Lower Hodder Bridge?

The Old Lower Hodder Bridge is a medieval stone arch bridge spanning the River Hodder near Whitewell in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003563.

Who is responsible for protecting The Old Lower Hodder Bridge?

The Old Lower Hodder 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 1003563.

What other scheduled monuments are near The Old Lower Hodder Bridge?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 250m north of Hacking Boat House (1.7 km), Bowl barrow 170m north east of Hacking Boat House (1.9 km), Bailey Hall moated site, fishponds and chantry of St John the Baptist. (3.1 km).

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Monuments
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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
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Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 250m north of Hacking Boat House
1.7 km
Bowl barrow 170m north east of Hacking Boat House
1.9 km
Bailey Hall moated site, fishponds and chantry of St John the Baptist.
3.1 km
Eadsford (or Edisford) Bridge
3.2 km
Whalley Cistercian abbey
4.1 km
Three high crosses in St Mary's churchyard
4.1 km
Whalley Bridge
4.3 km
Clitheroe Castle; medieval enclosure castle
4.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under The Old Lower Hodder Bridge

The Old Lower Hodder Bridge stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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