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| HER Number: | MDV9493 |
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| Name: | Christow Bridge |
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Summary
Vis=25/4/1953(os) christow bridge. Now of concrete, but in 1797 r. Polwhele recorded a timber bridge with stone abutments and piers. Repairs made in 1643.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 838 867 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX88NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Christow |
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| Civil Parish | Doddiscombsleigh |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHRISTOW |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX88NW10
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 447154
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX88NW/20
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ROAD BRIDGE (Built, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV295068.
Osa=sx88nw10. Vis=25/4/1953(os) christow bridge. Now of concrete, but in 1797 r. Polwhele recorded a timber bridge with stone abutments and piers. Repairs made in 1643.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV295069.
Henderson, c. + jervoise, e. /old devon bridges/(1938)42-43.
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map, (1906) (Cartographic). SDV325644.
[SX 83878672] CHRISTOW BRIDGE [T1]
Henderson, C. + Jervoise, E., 1938, Old Devon Bridges, 42-43 (Monograph). SDV2296.
The present bridge is of concrete. POLWHELE in 1797 recorded a timber bridge 40 feet long, having a road way width of 7 1/2 feet arches each 20 feet wide, and with stone abutments and piers. Mention of the repair of CHRISTOW BRIDGE was made in 1643.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV2296 | Monograph: Henderson, C. + Jervoise, E.. 1938. Old Devon Bridges. Old Devon Bridges. Unknown. 42-43. |
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| SDV295068 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV295069 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). (1906). |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV8969 | Related to: Teign Valley Branch Railway (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 1 2021 3:23PM |
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