Possible 19th century bridge at Mill Lane, London to Cambridge railway (EHER 40897)

The point where the Great Chesterford to Newmarket line crossed Mill Lane. The area was described in a 2013 heritage assessment.

The point where the Great Chesterford to Newmarket line crosses Mill Lane. <1> From the indentation of the road at this point on the first edition OS it looks like there was a bridge at this point particularly as the railway was on an embankment. <2> 2013. Heritage assessment. The Newmarket and Chesterford Railway was opened in 1848 and ran from the Cambridge line north-eastwards from a junction at NGR TL 500 431, just south of the M11 overbridge. The line between Six Mile Bottom and Great Chesterford closed only three years later, while the rest of the line to Newmarket survived as part of the Cambridge to Bury St Edmunds line. It was finally dismantled in 1858. The section in Essex has now been mainly lost having been ploughed into the fields and the M11 motorway has also helped to obliterate any sign of the line. However, where the line crossed Mill Lane which runs eastwards from Ickleton there is a hump in Mill Lane probably indicating the site of a bridge taking Mill Lane over the railway. This is at approximately NGR TL 500 440. <3>