Cawood Bridge
Cawood Bridge is a swing bridge which spans the Yorkshire River Ouse in North Yorkshire, England. Construction was authorised in 1870, with the formation of the Cawood Bridge Company.Photo: SMJ, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cawood Castle and All Saints’ Church, Cawood.
Cawood Castle
Castle
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Cawood Castle is a grade I listed building in Cawood, a village in North Yorkshire, England. The surviving fifteenth-century structures formed part of a fortified medieval palace belonging to the Archbishops of York, which was dismantled in the aftermath of the English Civil War. Cawood Castle is situated 590 feet southwest of Cawood Bridge.
All Saints’ Church, Cawood
Church
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All Saints' Church is the parish church of Cawood, in North Yorkshire, England. All Saints’ Church, Cawood is situated 1,000 feet east of Cawood Bridge.
Nun Appleton Priory
Historic house
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Nun Appleton Priory was a priory near Appleton Roebuck, North Yorkshire, England. It was founded as a nunnery c. 1150, by Eustace de Merch and his wife. It was dissolved by 1539, when the nuns were receiving pensions. Nun Appleton Priory is situated 1½ miles northwest of Cawood Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cawood and Bolton Percy.
Cawood
Village
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Cawood is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England that is notable as the location of the Cawood sword. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Cawood belonged to the Liberty of Cawood, Wistow and Otley.
Bolton Percy
Village
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Bolton Percy is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 305 in 115 households, reducing marginally to 304 at the 2011 census. Bolton Percy is situated 3½ miles northwest of Cawood Bridge.
Ulleskelf
Village
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Ulleskelf is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, four miles from Tadcaster on the River Wharfe. Its name comes from the Scandinavian personal name Úlfr, while skelf may be an Old English word meaning "a flat area", although it could be from the Old Scandinavian equivalent, 'skialf' as in several other English place names, e.g. Hunshelf, Wadshelf. Ulleskelf is situated 3½ miles northwest of Cawood Bridge.
Cawood Bridge
- Type: Bridge
- Description: swing bridge in North Yorkshire, UK
- Categories: swing bridge, road bridge, and transportation
- Location: Cawood, Selby District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.83377° or 53° 50′ 2″ northLongitude
-1.12816° or 1° 7′ 41″ westInception
July 31st, 1872Open location code
9C5WRVMC+GPOpenStreetMap ID
way 1409295606OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q5055223
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