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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 1550 by the then 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"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Essex Bridge, Colwich )〕 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 Ancient Monument.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Essex Bridge, Great Haywood )〕 ==See also==
* List of Grade I listed buildings in Staffordshire
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