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Bedwyn Wharf Bridge |
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Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire KAC32.70 |
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KandAC mile 32
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Bedwyn Wharf Bridge from the westward. This looks to be a very simple
single centred arch?
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The bridge carries a minor road through Great Bedwyn, on the north
west, across the canal south easterly.
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The bridge is brick built; 32 miles 70 chains from Reading.
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headroom |
10ft9ins |
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depth of water |
4ft3ins |
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Looking to Great Bedwyn Village over the railway bridge from the wharf
bridge.
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Great Bedwyn is no more than a large village. There was once a castle
and a mint here and until the Reform Bill, 1832, returned 2 members to
Parliament. There is a Stone Museum run by the Lloyd Family who were
masons for the canal. Thomas Willis, a founder member of the Royal
Society, interested in blood circulation and diabetes, was born here,
1621. Bedwyn is from bedwine, a saxon name for bindweed.
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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