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Ingleby Road, DERBY, DE73 7HT

The small village of Stanton by Bridge gets its name from being close to the southern end of Swarkestone Causeway.

As its name suggests Stanton by Bridge is located next to a major bridge; the village is at the southern end of the ancient Swarkestone Bridge (Causeway) that carries the main A514 road over the River Trent and its flood plain. The village green contains an oak tree planted to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria (1897).

Seen looking north from above Melbourne, on approach to Runway 09 at East Midlands Airport. The A514, carried by the mile-long 13C Swarkestone Bridge causeway, can be seen heading away from the village in the upper part of the picture.

Pictured here at dusk on a fine March day.

According to the Consarvation Area History published by South Derbyshire District Council, Hollow Farm used to be an inn kept by the Rolleston family until 1802.

Swarkestone Bridge and Causeway, at a length of three quarters of a mile, is the longest stone bridge in England and holds Grade I listed building status (English Heritage Building ID: 83210 http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-83210-swarkestone-bridge-and-causeway-stanton-b British Listed Buildings) as well as being a scheduled ancient monument. It is still today an important crossing place over the River Trent. The mediæval causeway, widened and strengthened in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, dates originally from the 13th century. Although the bridge and causeway are undersized for modern traffic and there is a weight limit of 7.5 tonnes, they remain heavily used today as a vital link on the A514 from Derby to the southern part of the County, connecting with the nearby network of motorways.

The tops of the cutwaters provide useful pedestrian refuges at this end; for most of its length there aren't any refuges, and little or nothing in the way of a footway so doing the whole length on foot would be an interesting prospect, given the amount of traffic.