Historic bridges · North Wales
Leigh Bridge
Leigh Bridge — Grade II listed building-listed bridge in wales-north, United Kingdom.
Mat Fascione — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–30 min
About
Leigh Bridge is a Grade II listed building-listed bridge in wales-north, United Kingdom, registered on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE entry 1280750). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.
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Heritage listing
James Ryan O'Neill (born Leigh Anthony Bridgart in 1947) is an Australian convicted murderer and suspected serial killer, currently serving a life sentence in Tasmania for a murder he committed in February 1975. Allegations have been made that O'Neill also murdered a number of other children in several Australian states from the mid-1960s whilst he was still a teenager through to the murder that he was imprisoned for in 1975. He is currently Tasmania's longest-serving prisoner for a single offence.
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
James Ryan O'Neill (born Leigh Anthony Bridgart in 1947) is an Australian convicted murderer and suspected serial killer, currently serving a life sentence in Tasmania for a murder he committed in February 1975. Allegations have been made that O'Neill also murdered a number of other children in several Australian states from the mid-1960s whilst he was still a teenager through to the murder that he was imprisoned for in 1975. He is currently Tasmania's longest-serving prisoner for a single offence. He was the subject of a documentary, The Fishermen, which was broadcast on ABC TV in October 2006.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 53.4243, -2.9896
Sources
- wikidata: Q26569844 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Leigh Bridgart (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Leigh Bridge?
- Leigh Bridge is in North Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 53.4243°, -2.9896°.
- Is Leigh Bridge a listed building?
- Leigh Bridge carries the heritage designation "Grade II listed building" — a protective status under UK heritage law.