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| HHER Number: | 18517 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | SITE OF MILL BRIDGE, BRIDGE STREET, BISHOP'S STORTFORD |
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Summary
Historic bridge and presumed watermill at the crossing of the river Stort
| Grid Reference: | TL 488 213 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL42SE |
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| Parish: | Bishop's Stortford, East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Monument Types
- BRIDGE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- WATERMILL (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
Mill Bridge carried Bridge Street across the river Stort towards Waytemore Castle [28] and the route into Essex, and presumably marked the site of the original ford, the crossing guarded by the castle. The bridge is shown on the later 19th century OS maps <1, 2>. On the north side the river was directed into a narrow channel; on the south side the bridge was lined with three buildings, behind which was a mill pool. The water ran beneath the central building, which was presumably on the site of a mill.
By 1968 <3> the central building had been demolished, leaving a weir and sluice beneath its site. In the later 20th century the river [30730] was diverted 100m to the east, its course north of the bridge becoming Old River Lane. The bridge disappeared at the same time.
<1> OS 25 inch map, 1st edition, 1879-91 (Cartographic material). SHT8116.
<2> OS 25 inch map, 2nd edition (1897-1901), 1898 (Cartographic material). SHT8113.
<3> OS 25 inch plan, post-war edition (1958-81), 1968 (Cartographic material). SHT8120.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Cartographic material: OS 25 inch map, 1st edition. 1879-91. |
| <2> | Cartographic material: OS 25 inch map, 2nd edition (1897-1901). 1898. |
| <3> | Cartographic material: OS 25 inch plan, post-war edition (1958-81). 1968. |
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