Farndon Bridge

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bridge_name=Farndon Bridge

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caption=Farndon Bridge
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crosses=River Dee
locale=Farndon, Cheshire, England and Holt, Wales
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Farndon Bridge crosses the River Dee and the England-Wales border between the villages of Farndon, Cheshire, England and Holt, Wales (gbmapping|SJ412544). It is a Grade I listed buildingcite web |url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?pid=1&id=403439 |title=Images of England: Farndon Bridge |accessdate=2008-03-29 |publisher=English Heritage ] and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. [cite web |url=http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=68906 |title=Pastscape: Farndon Bridge |accessdate=2008-03-29 |publisher=English Heritage ] In the early 1990s the bridge was restored and renovated and at the same time an archaeological survey was carried out. [cite web |url=http://www.roydenhistory.co.uk/farndon/buildings/bridge/bridge.htm |title=Farndon-Holt Bridge |accessdate=2008-03-29 |last=Royden |first=Mike |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= Farndon Local History |publisher=Mike Royden |pages= ]

The bridge was built in 1339. It originally had ten arches with a large gate tower on the fifth arch. In the 18th century the tower was demolished and at some time two of the arches on the Welsh side were lost. [cite web |url=http://www.roydenhistory.co.uk/farndon/buildings/bridge/cheshirepast1.jpg|title=A Survey of Holt-Farndon Medieval Bridge |accessdate=2008-03-29 |last=Ward |first=S. S |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work=Cheshire Past |publisher=Chester Archaeological Service |pages=14–15 ] The bridge is a narrow structure built of red sandstone with eight arches, of which five are over the river. On the Farndon side is one flood arch and two flood arches are on the Holt side.

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