More information : [ST 30043710] Bridge [G.T.] (Site of) (1)
The 13thc bridge over the river Parret was demolished in 1795,
when a cast iron bridge was substituted. (2)
A print of the Medieval bridge is in the Blake Museum. See
AO/64/274/6 (3)
The original bridge, according to William Worcestre had three arches and was 122ft long with a chapel on it. Surviving drawings indicate it was hump-backed but with no building present. In 1795 it was replaced by a single span iron bridge made at Coalbrookdale which was also replaced in 1883. (4)
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