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Title: Mereclough Bridge, near Sowerby Bridge - TWA00241
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Title
Mereclough Bridge, near Sowerby Bridge - TWA00241
Description
MEARCLOUGH BRIDGE is a double-arch stone bridge over the river Calder at the foot of Fall Lane. As far back as 1300 there was a corn mill here run by water, and for nearly 500 years this mill was owned by the Waterhouse family of Skircoat. Mearclough Bridge, originally spelled Meerclough, was repairable by Norland Township which appears to have been in continuous trouble over this bridge at the West Riding Quarter Sessions. In 1709 £10 was given to repair the bridge and in 1744 another £10. At Pontefract in April 1769 Norland was fined £100 which was respited, or delayed, for not keeping the bridge in repair. In 1773 the bridge was “In decay still” and Norland was fined £300 more, both fines to be estreated, or used, for repairs. Norland the “confessed themselves on record highly chargeable for the Repair of the said Bridge.” At Pontefract in April 1774, Norland having complied with Orders £250 was given as a gratuity towards “building same of stone.”
Creator
Tom Walker
Source
Olwen Forest
Date
1960 , 1960s
Rights
PHDA - Tom Walker Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
TWA00241.tif
Collection
Citation
Tom Walker, “Mereclough Bridge, near Sowerby Bridge - TWA00241,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed May 21, 2024, https://www.penninehorizons.org/items/show/24628.
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