Town Bridge

Town Bridge, Christchurch
bridge

parish:
county:
coords:
Castle Street
Christchurch
Dorset
SZ16189275
refce: JandMN
Otter, R A (ed): 1994: Civil Engineering Heritage, Southern England: Institution of Civil Engineers:: ISBN 0 7277 1971 8

commentary: The present day bridge is the 15th-16th century structure, widened on its upstream side by 10ft about 1900s. It originally had 6 segmental arches, average span 11ft, but the span at the west end is filled in. The arches have two orders; the inner voussoirs of grey limestone like the body of the bridge, the outer red sandstone.

old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants LXXXVI.12

old map
Redford bridge
Shown on an old map by Ogilby 1675
- bridge - Hampshire
refce: Ogilby 1675 (pl.97)
(OG9BSZ19.jpg)

old map
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- bridge - Southamtoniae
refce: Saxton 1575
(SAX1SZ19.jpg)

Associated with
place - Avon, River

   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001