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Turn Bridge is a stone bridge located on Quay Street in Yorkshire, England. The bridge dates from the medieval period and reflects the importance of river crossing infrastructure to Yorkshire's settlement patterns and commerce. Constructed in stone, the structure demonstrates the building techniques typical of its era, with its design serving both practical and symbolic functions within the urban or rural landscape it traverses. The bridge's listing as an ancient monument recognises its historical and architectural value as a surviving example of medieval bridge construction in the region.
Turn Bridge, Quay Street is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005793. View the official record →
Turn Bridge is a stone bridge located on Quay Street in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005793.
Turn Bridge, Quay Street 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 1005793.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Netherhall barn (1.7 km), Castle Hill: slight univallate hillfort, small multivallate hillfort, motte and bailey castle and deserted village (2.8 km), Grimscar Roman tilery (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Turn Bridge, Quay Street'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.
Turn Bridge, Quay Street stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.