Bridge Name: Exford Bridge
No.: 8
Location: Exford – SS 8525 3835
Build Date: Rebuilt 1930 on medieval site
Engineer:
Description:
Road bridge over River Exe. Rebuilt 1930 on medieval site. Local stone random rubble facing T-beam, saddleback coping. Three arch span, semi-circular headed arches with 2 cutwater buttresses on each side.
English Heritage Listed Building Number: 265419. First Listed on 06/04/1959. 1
“There is a litle Tymbre Bridge at Exforde over Ex Brooke, ther being a smaul water”2
References:
1.Exmoor National Park HER – MSO10639
2.Second volume of Leyland’s Intinerary published by Hearne – see History of hundred of Carhampton, in the County of Somerset, from the best authorities by James Savage