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Holme Bridge, or the Packhorse Bridge
Image ref
DCDD000385
Credit
Geraldine Holland, Photographer
photographer
Holland, Geraldine
ImageDate
1998
Location
A6 - New Lumford
Town
Bakewell
About this image
The bridge dates from 1664. It crosses the River Wye between the A6 (Buxton Road) and New Lumford. The triangular shaped indents on top of the bridge were designed to shelter pedestrians whilst packhorses, or animals and their drovers, passed by.
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