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| HER Number: | MDV3039 |
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| Name: | Bittaford Bridge, Ugborough |
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Summary
The old bridge at Bittaford; a single arch stone bridge, segmental, with granite parapets, carrying the old road from Exeter to Plymouth across the Lud Brook.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 665 570 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX65NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Ugborough |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UGBOROUGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NE/123
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ROAD BRIDGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))
Full description
Devon Record Office, 564 M/15/125, 15/127 (Record Office Collection). SDV161801.
Illustrations at Bittaford Bridge by Swete.
Unatributed Sites and Monuments Register Entry (Unattributed Sites and Monuments Register Entry). SDV263.
The old bridge over Lud Brook at Bittaford; a single arch stone bridge, segmental, with granite parapets, carrying the old road from Exeter to Plymouth across the Lud Brook. This bridge lost its importance when the new turnpike road was built in the 1820s and the stream was crossed by a new bridge lower down the stream. Devon County Council have no record of the bridge. The ancient map of Dartmoor believed to date from 1478, shows a road from Glazebrook in the east, across the river which is presumably the Lud Brook, to Ivybridge in the west. Bridges are shown at Glazebrook and Ivybridge, but not across the Lud Brook. If the map is accurate it suggests that at the time there was a ford at Bittaford, not a bridge.
Swete, J. (ed. Gray T. + Rowe, M.), 2000, Travels in Georgian Devon. The Illustrated Journals of the Reverend John Swete. Vol. 4, 22 (Monograph). SDV339713.
Swete implies that the bridge at Bittaford had been erected comparitively recently, where formerly there was a 'bit of a ford'. Swete's illustration, dated 1797, shows a single arch bridge.
Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV161801 | Record Office Collection: Devon Record Office. 564 M/15/125, 15/127. Unknown. |
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| SDV263 | Unattributed Sites and Monuments Register Entry: Unatributed Sites and Monuments Register Entry. |
| SDV339713 | Monograph: Swete, J. (ed. Gray T. + Rowe, M.). 2000. Travels in Georgian Devon. The Illustrated Journals of the Reverend John Swete. Vol. 4. Travels in Georgian Devon. The Illustrated Journals of the Reverend John Sw. 4. Hardback Volume. 22. |
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| SDV344030 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2010. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #86851 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV2941 | Related to: 1-2 Ivy Cottage, Bittaford Bridge, Ugborough (Building) |
| MDV3078 | Related to: Bittaford Mill, Ugborough (Building) |
| MDV2940 | Related to: Brooklands, Bittaford Bridge, Ugborough (Building) |
| MDV2942 | Related to: Terrace of four cottages, Bittaford (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 14 2016 11:05AM |
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