- Cavendish Bridge
Cavendish Bridge is the name a
bridge over theRiver Trent on the border betweenLeicestershire andDerbyshire . It once carried the main London-Manchesterturnpike , though a modern dual carriageway has now been built to the southbypass ing the location.Before the bridge there was a ferry here called Wilden Ferry since at least
1309 . This was replaced by the Cavendish bridge in1760 . The bridge took its name from the patron of the scheme,William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire . The three arch bridge was designed byJames Paine . Tolls were collected until 1888 when the turnpike trusts were wound up. This bridge however was washed away by flood waters in1947 . A temporaryBailey Bridge was erected before the present bridge opened in1956 . Presently, traffic lights only allow vehicular traffic over the bridge in one direction at one particular time.There is a
hamlet named after the bridge on theLeicestershire side of the river, within theCastle Donington parish . On theDerbyshire side is the village ofShardlow .External links
* [http://www.nwleics.gov.uk/development_planning/documents/Cavendish_Bridge_Conservation_Area_Appraisal_and_Study(1).pdf Information about the Cavendish Bridge Conservation Area]
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