| Bridge Name: | Trace Bridge | |||
| No.: | 26 | |||
| Location: | 50.98286,-3.33377 | |||
| Build Date: | Between 1765 and 1768 | |||
| Engineer: | Robert Pierce – Mason | |||
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| 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…. Report. c. Dec 1849 …Report of residents of Stawley and Ashbrittle concerning the dangerous state of Trace Bridge…. Report. 22 Mar 1850 …Report of county surveyor on Trace Bridge bewteen Ashbrittle and Stawley, with plan…. Drawing. c. Dec 1849 …Drawing of proposed reconstruction of Trace Bridge, on road between Stawley and Ashbrittle, by Richard Cottrell, mason…. Plan. [1857] …Plan of Trace Bridge in the Parishes of Ashbrittle and Stawley. See also Q/SR/627/199 – 201…. Estimate. 11 Jun 1857 …Estimate for repairs to Trace Bridge, Ashbrittle. See also Q/SR/627/179, 199 & 200…. 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… |
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