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Lutley Ford Footbridge

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Bridge Name:   Lutley Ford Footbridge
No.:   31 A
Location:   50.99512,-3.30516  Adjacent to Watery Lane Ford. Footpath WG11/21
Build Date:    
Engineer:    
     
       
 
Description:   \fabricated steel with solid infil deck. Adjacent to Watery Lane Ford. Footpath WG11/21
 
     
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Greenham Bridge

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Bridge Name:   Greenham Bridge
No.:   27
Location:   50.97405,-3.31410
Build Date:   1897
Engineer:    
     
       
 
Description:   Prefabricated steel with asphalt deck
Plate on bridge states: Built 1897
Strengthened and Refurbished by Somerset County Council 1996
Main Contractors Somerset Works
Steel fabrication Taunton Fabrications
Reopened by Mrs P Wotton
Clerk of Stawley Parish Council
10th April 1996
     
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Trace Bridge

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Bridge Name:   Trace Bridge
No.:   26
Location:   50.98286,-3.33377
Build Date:   Between 1765 and 1768
Engineer:   Robert Pierce – Mason
     
       
 
Description:   Single Arch Stone construction
“The bridge was an essential part of the hamlet from 1592; another bridge was built in 1742 for which the overseers of Stawley paid £3 18s 8d. This in turn was replaced by a stone bridge which still survives”
     
References:   Tracebridge Stawley 1984 by Eric G Rodwell

Records available at Somerset Records Office:

Plan. [1857]

…Plan of Trace Bridge, Ashbrittle. Undated….
QUARTER SESSIONS RECORDS FOR THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET Sessions rolls Sessions roll for Midsummer 1857.
Q/SR/575/136

Report. c. Dec 1849

…Report of residents of Stawley and Ashbrittle concerning the dangerous state of Trace Bridge….
QUARTER SESSIONS RECORDS FOR THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET Sessions rolls Sessions roll for Epiphany 1850.
Q/SR/577/256a

Report. 22 Mar 1850

…Report of county surveyor on Trace Bridge bewteen Ashbrittle and Stawley, with plan….
QUARTER SESSIONS RECORDS FOR THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET Sessions rolls Sessions roll for Spring 1850.
Q/SR/575/135

Drawing. c. Dec 1849

…Drawing of proposed reconstruction of Trace Bridge, on road between Stawley and Ashbrittle, by Richard Cottrell, mason….
QUARTER SESSIONS RECORDS FOR THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET Sessions rolls Sessions roll for Epiphany 1850.
Q/SR/627/179

Plan. [1857]

…Plan of Trace Bridge in the Parishes of Ashbrittle and Stawley. See also Q/SR/627/199 – 201….
QUARTER SESSIONS RECORDS FOR THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET Sessions rolls Sessions roll for Midsummer 1857.
Q/SR/627/201

Estimate. 11 Jun 1857

…Estimate for repairs to Trace Bridge, Ashbrittle. See also Q/SR/627/179, 199 & 200….
QUARTER SESSIONS RECORDS FOR THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET Sessions rolls Sessions roll for Midsummer 1857.
Q/SR/627/199

Letter. 25 Jun 1857

…Letter from Richard Carver, County Surveyor, concerning Trace Bridge, Ashbrittle, addressed to E. Lovell, Clerk of the Peace. Includes copy of previous letter of 1850. See also Plan at Q/SR/627/179…
QUARTER SESSIONS RECORDS FOR THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET Sessions rolls Sessions roll for Midsummer 1857.
A/COL/11

Duckhams Bridge

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Bridge Name:   Duckhams Bridge
No.:   25
Location:   50.99317,-3.34478
Build Date:   Rebuilt 1933
Engineer:   Surveyor: Edward J. Stead
     
       
 
Description:   Single Arch stone construction ( Stead concrete reconstruction?)
Boundry Stone on parapet SP AP 1856 – Marked the point on Duckham’s Bridge where the parish boundary between Stawley and Ashbrittle runs. Second plaque states reconstructed 1933
     
References:   Somerset HER No. 43895

SRO C/CA/31/5/1 Surveyor: Edward J. Stead, Weston-Super-Mare. Reference: 0504 Plan of Duckhams Bridge, Wellington Rural District. Oct 1932