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Farndon Bridge

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removal of the toll-house was delayed until 1879, when the bricks and other materials forming the toll house, and the gate posts and some adjoining land, were sold by auction with removal required within 14 days. At the time of the refurbishment there were some people who wanted the bridge replaced with a new one, but this was opposed by others such as the well respected builder George Clark, who wrote in defence of 'this beautiful structure' describing it as 'one of the few remaining links connecting the past with the present' dating back some 600 years. In June 1871 it was announced that the Farndon side of the bridge would receive similar improvements to those on the Holt side, i.e. widening the approach, paving, and making some repairs to the parapet walls.
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An account of the Battle of Farndon Bridge, a Civil War skirmish that took place in 1643, states that the Parliamentary side '...advanced that night to Farne, which is a little towne on the Cheshire side – over against the Holt in Wales where the enemy kept a garrison'
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stone cemented in place. Some work on the parapet walls was also required. Work was suspended during the winter and continued in 1871. The planned work included the removal of the toll-house and gate on the Denbighshire side, widening of the approach, and paving the road surface throughout. The final
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Access is controlled by traffic lights, permitting road traffic to cross using the single-lane carriageway. Two narrow footpaths on either side of the road are provided for pedestrians. However, due to the bridge's age, it is closed intermittently for surveys to be conducted on its structure. In the
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on the fifth arch from the English side. The tower was demolished to road level in 1770 and at some time two of the arches on the Welsh side were lost. The area is reputedly haunted by two sons of a Welsh prince who were drowned in the river at this point by their English guardians,
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The bridge was refurbished in 1870/1871 at a total cost of £1100. During the summer of 1870, two pillars were made safe as they had been reported as dangerous, and the lower rings of two arches were cut out and replaced with
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early 1990s the bridge was restored and renovated and at the same time an archaeological survey was carried out. In the summer of 2018, the bridge was closed for significant structural repairs.
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and had eight arches, of which five are over the river. On the Farndon side there is one
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Documentary evidence states the bridge was built in 1339 by
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in Chester. Originally it had ten arches, with a large
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Index

Welsh

Coordinates
53°05′00″N 2°52′47″W / 53.083373°N 2.879820°W / 53.083373; -2.879820
River Dee
Farndon, Cheshire
England
Holt
Wrexham
Wales
Welsh
Grade I listed
Arch bridge
Welsh
River Dee
England-Wales border
Farndon
Cheshire
England
Holt
Wrexham
Wales
grid reference
SJ412544
National Heritage List for England
Cadw
listed building
scheduled monument
sandstone
flood arch

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