The Upper Esk Valley in North Yorkshire and the North York Moors of Northern England

15. Glaisdale - 'Beggars Bridge'

The packhorse 'Beggar's Bridge' at Glaisdale, medieval in origin (probably 14th C) and rebuilt in the early 17th Century about 1620 by Alderman Thomas Ferris/Firris/Ferries of Hull.

The 'Beggars Bridge' seen from underneath the railway bridge near Glaisdale station on the Middlesbrough-Whitby line. The modern road bridge is in the background.

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*  The North York Moors are a relatively unspoilt, if man-made, area of Northern England, with plenty of good walking and many towns and villages for the tourist to visit  *  It has a rich and diverse historic heritage to interest any visitor and when the heather blooms it comes into its own 'God's own County'  *

*  page updated July 22nd 2007  *  EMAIL Phil Brown, images-photographs-pictures © Dr W P Brown  *