Talk:Packhorse bridge

message: The list of packhorse bridges is a bit of a mess, probably because it's developed on an ad hoc basis. I've reordered it, up to a point, so that it's alphabetical by placename, but it still has a number of faults:
*it's heavily biased towards packhorse bridges in England
*despite that, it's very incomplete, even for English examples (I can think of fairly well-known examples, such as Viator's Bridge and Ladyshaw Bridge (see Longdendale#Salt_trade) (both Derbyshire), and that at Wycoller, Lancs, off the top of my head).
*it names the bridges only inconsistently
*it's not referenced
*the definition of what constitutes a "packhorse bridge" seems a little uncertain (I removed Burford Bridge, as none of the bridges I know of in Oxfordshire to which that name could apply are really packhorse bridges)
I propose:
*clearing out the bridges that are not packhorse bridges
*researching and adding at least some of the missing examples, with additional information (e.g. river, coordinates, date, style, heritage status)
*adding references
*presenting each country's list as a table similar to that at, say, Listed buildings in Frodsham, with photos where available
*possibly moving the list into a separate article, List of packhorse bridges
I'll work on it in a sandbox somewhere and post a link when I have something to go on. Any other approaches or suggestions? Dave.Dunford (talk) 16:30, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: User:Dave.Dunford/Packhorse is something like what I had in mind. I'm slowly converting the "fodder" into table entries. The Geograph collection, many of which have been uploaded to Wikipedia Commons, is a good source of pictures; most packhorse bridges are listed, and British Listed Buildings has latitude and longitude and dates (and is easier to search than the official listed buildings website). Comments/new entries/assistance welcome. Dave.Dunford (talk) 17:57, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: As a fan of bridge articles in general, and also lists of bridges over particular rivers (recently contributing to List of crossings of the Hackensack River, I was pleased to stumble on this article, and your proposal for a separate List of packhorse bridges. I am going to make a numbered list of suggestions, because that makes it easy to discuss each one, but the order is not significant in any way. List will be added shortly.  --DThomsen8 (talk) 23:27, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lists of packhorse bridges 

message: You can see that I am very much a detail oriented person. Best wishes with your list. Call on me if you find that I could be of help. My user page has a list of articles I have created, and that list includes 10 bridges and a bridge list.  --DThomsen8 (talk) 01:16, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Offering help

message: Only two streams are entirely blank in England, and none elsewhere. Many months ago, I tried to get the name of the stream for Utterby by email, no real answer there. Never tried the Charterhouse one. Any ideas?--DThomsen8 (talk) 15:20, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Streams missing 

message: thumb|right|Compston House in Winster, Cumbria
I am writing an article for the village of Winster, Cumbria, to satisfy the red link.
Sources:
* http://www.ukvillages.co.uk/Place/30961/Winster-Cumbria
* http://www.achurchnearyou.com/winster-holy-trinity/
* http://www.thecumbriadirectory.com/Town_or_Village/location.php?url=winster Good source!
* http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBAD5_Stained_Glass_Winster_Church_Cumbria_UK
* http://www.scrt.co.uk/our-area/ South Cumbria Rivers Trust
* The Rivers Trust Movement
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_%26_River_Trust
Signed long after the section was written by Dthomsen8 (talk) 03:31, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Winster, Cumbria 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I am visiting London and Jersey in early June, and contributing images and information to Wikipedia as I go. Suggestions from packhorse bridge fans welcome. --18:25, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Not very many in those parts of the country, I'm afraid. Surviving packhorse bridges are mostly (though not exclusively) in the north and west of the country. Have a great trip! Dave.Dunford (talk) 19:30, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I see Gomshall, Surrey, without an image, and no mention of the bridge in the Gomshall article. No others reasonably close to Forest Gate, and I assume none in Jersey.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 02:47, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Visiting London and Jersey 

message: Keith Old Bridge is a packhorse bridge in Scotland! Please add it to this article. --Dthomsen8 (talk) 14:56, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Keith Old Bridge 

message: I find it confusing that the definition states the masonry arches are one horse wide when surely this is the width of the bridge & not of each arch?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:644:680:55C0:8094:CA92:9815:1422 (talk) 16:48, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  definition 

message: Whilst updating packhorse bridge items on Wikidata, I did a trawl through Commons and Geograph and found 14 new images, these have now been added to this article. Jokulhlaup (talk) 14:23, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Images