Lower Hodder : Old Bridge/Cromwell Bridge

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iBase ID

269710

Reference identifier

ECL20140218005

Title

Lower Hodder : Old Bridge/Cromwell Bridge

Place

Forrest of Bowland

General notes

An old packhorse bridge ceossing the river Hodder near Hurst Green, it was built in 1561 by Sir Richard Shireburn of the Shireburn Estate (now Stoneyhurst College). In August 1648 Oliver Cromwell marched the New Model Army over it to fight the Royalists at the battle of Preston.His decisive victory led to the end of the second English civil war and the execution of Charles I

Medium

Glass slide, positive

Original image size

7.19 x 4.9

Year of image

c1900

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Locator

Box D 16/21

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