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Wappenshall canal bridge is a Grade II listed cast iron aqueduct carrying the Shropshire Union Canal over the River Worfe in Shropshire. Built in the early nineteenth century during the canal's construction, it represents significant engineering of the period and exemplifies the cast iron bridge technology employed on this canal network. The structure demonstrates the practical solutions developed to maintain the canal's navigable route whilst crossing the river valley. As a scheduled ancient monument, it remains an important example of early industrial infrastructure and testament to the canal age that transformed transport networks across the Midlands.
Wappenshall canal bridge, Shropshire Union Canal is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003673. View the official record →
Wappenshall canal bridge is a Grade II listed cast iron aqueduct carrying the Shropshire Union Canal over the River Worfe in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003673.
Wappenshall canal bridge, Shropshire Union Canal 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 1003673.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wall Camp in the Weald Moors: a large low-lying multivallate hillfort (3.7 km), St Leonard's Priory immediately adjacent to the Church of St Mary and St Leonard, Wombridge (4.1 km), Canal aqueduct over River Tern (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wappenshall canal bridge, Shropshire Union Canal'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.
Wappenshall canal bridge, Shropshire Union Canal stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.