Essex Bridge
Essex Bridge may refer to: * Essex Bridge, Staffordshire * ''Essex Bridge'' (now Grattan Bridge Grattan Bridge () is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland, and joining Capel Street to Parliament Street and the south quays. History The first bridge on this site was built by Sir Humphrey Jervis in 1676. It was named ...

Essex Bridge, Staffordshire
Essex Bridge () is a Grade I listed packhorse bridge over the River Trent near Great Haywood, Staffordshire, England. Spanning the Trent 100 metres downstream of its confluence with the River Sow, it was built in the late sixteenth century by the Earl of Essex a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. The Earl lived nearby at Chartley Castle. It is now the longest remaining packhorse bridge in England with fourteen of its original forty round span arches left, and has been described as "perhaps the least altered old bridge in the county" The bridge carries the long-distance footpath The Staffordshire Way over the River Trent, linking the Trent and Mersey Canal tow-path with the bridleway through the Shugborough estate to Cannock Chase. The bridge is also a scheduled monument. See also * List of Grade I listed buildings in Staffordshire * List of crossings of the River Trent * Listed buildings in Colwich, Staffordshire Colwich is a civil parish in the Borough of Stafford, Staffordshi ...
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