The Road, Rail and Parkland Bridges of Bishop Auckland, Co Durham: an assessment of the historical and archaeological evidence
Author(s): Marcus Jecock
This report describes and discusses a corpus of 32 historic road, rail and parkland bridges that lie in and immediately around the town of Bishop Auckland in County Durham. Detailed descriptions and fabric analyses of each of the bridges are presented in gazetteer format, prefaced by a general discussion and overview that attempts to draw out themes, both local and national, in the story of the town’s bridges, as well as highlighting significance. The report represents one aspect of the research undertaken by Historic England in support of the Bishop Auckland Heritage Action Zone (HAZ), and forms a supplementary volume to the Bishop Auckland Historic Area Assessment (HAA) which is the main research output required by the HAZ Delivery Plan. The current text (May 2021) has been edited and slightly revised from the version of the report initially published online on the HE website in January 2021, following comments and additional information received from John Askwith and Peter Cross-Rudkin.
- Report Number:
- 4/2021
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 142
- Keywords:
- Architectural Investigation Research Heritage Action Zone
