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| HER Number: | MDV11819 |
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| Name: | Landcross Bridge |
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Summary
Landcross Bridge, also known as 'Iron Bridge'. Probably built about 1824, before which time there was a packhorse ford.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 461 243 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS42SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Bideford |
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| Civil Parish | Landcross |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LANDCROSS |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS42SE/45/1
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BRIDGE (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Rogers, W. H. H., 1948, Untitled Source, 34 (Un-published). SDV7311.
Mr Vernon Boyle says: 'Mr Turner, aged 70 in 1946, of Pillmouth, says that before the iron bridge at Landcross, there was a ford there for donkeys and packhorses. The canal and new road to Torrington were made in 1824'.
Meade, H. M., 1977, Unknown (Worksheet). SDV7312.
Landcross bridge, so called on present map, but marked as 'Iron Bridge' on 1905 map. Made of iron, and carries A386 Bideford to Torrington road. Probably constructed about 1824. It is marked on the Tithe Map of 1840.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV7311 | Un-published: Rogers, W. H. H.. 1948. Notes on Bideford. 3. Manuscript. 34. |
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| SDV7312 | Worksheet: Meade, H. M.. 1977. Unknown. Unknown. |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 11 2006 2:52PM |
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