Wynch Bridge, Low Force, Newbiggin (& Holwick) (Newbiggin)
Wynch Bridge, Newbiggin © DCC 2002
Wynch Bridge, Newbiggin © DCC 2002
Wynch Bridge, Newbiggin © DCC 2005
Sign near the Wynch Bridge 2016
Distance shot of the Wynch Bridge 2016
View across the Wynch Bridge 2016
View across the Wynch Bridge 2016
View from the Wynch Bridge 2016
View across the Wynch Bridge 2016
View across the Wynch Bridge 2016`
Wynch Bridge supports 2016
Wynch Bridge supports 2016
End of the Wynch Bridge 2016
Sign near the Wynch Bridge 2016
View from the Wynch Bridge 2016
Distance shot of the Wynch Bridge 2016
Side view of the Wynch Bridge 2016
This suspension bridge was built in circa 1820 for Duke of Cleveland, replacing an earlier bridge on site, which was erected in 1741 and was said to have been the earliest in Europe. Another earlier bridge, built in 1704, was built by the miners. The bridges were built to enable lead miners, who lived at Holwick, to reach the mines at Middleton.
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Desk Based Assessment of the industrial archaeology of the North Pennines, 1993-1994; Newcastle City Archaeology Unit
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