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The bow-backed bridge was built to a design of James Hollingworth in 1792. It carries the A361 from the south into Lechlade. It was called the Halfpenny bridge because that was the toll charged for pedestrians to cross it, until the toll was done away with in 1839. | The bow-backed bridge was built to a design of James Hollingworth in 1792. It carries the A361 from the south into Lechlade. It was called the Halfpenny bridge because that was the toll charged for pedestrians to cross it, until the toll was done away with in 1839. | ||
The A361 is called Thames Street at this point, and the bridge was built when Thames Street was laid out. The structure is around 20 ft wide and the single arch is nearly 26 ft high to its apex. On the north bank of the river, a small square toll house is attached to the bridge on the downstream side. It consists of a basement and a room at road level, with a pyramidal asbestos slate roof. Both the bridge and the toll house are Grade-II listed.<ref>{{ | The A361 is called Thames Street at this point, and the bridge was built when Thames Street was laid out. The structure is around 20 ft wide and the single arch is nearly 26 ft high to its apex. On the north bank of the river, a small square toll house is attached to the bridge on the downstream side. It consists of a basement and a room at road level, with a pyramidal asbestos slate roof. Both the bridge and the toll house are Grade-II listed.<ref>{{NHLE|1303058|Lechlade Halfpenny Bridge (north)}}</ref> It is thought that a local firm of builders called Ralph and Crowdy were responsible for its construction. There is a separate arch in the south causeway, through which the towpath passes, and both parapets carry a central panel with a line on it, to mark the county border<ref>{{NHLE|1023393|Lechlade Halfpenny Bridge (south)}}</ref> between Berkshire and Gloucestershire. | ||
A local micro-brewery based in Lechlade, The Halfpenny Brewery, is named after the bridge. | A local micro-brewery based in Lechlade, The Halfpenny Brewery, is named after the bridge. | ||
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| Halfpenny Bridge | |
| Gloucestershire, Berkshire | |
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| Carrying: | A361 road |
| Crossing: | River Thames |
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| Location: | 51°41’33"N, 1°41’33"W |
| Structure | |
| Design: | Arch |
| Material: | Stone |
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Halfpenny Bridge is a bridge across the River Thames, at Lechlade, Gloucestershire. It marks the start of the navigable Thames, although if the waters are high, the Thames can continue to be travelled by small and unpowered craft as far as Cricklade, over 10 miles south-west.
The bow-backed bridge was built to a design of James Hollingworth in 1792. It carries the A361 from the south into Lechlade. It was called the Halfpenny bridge because that was the toll charged for pedestrians to cross it, until the toll was done away with in 1839.
The A361 is called Thames Street at this point, and the bridge was built when Thames Street was laid out. The structure is around 20 ft wide and the single arch is nearly 26 ft high to its apex. On the north bank of the river, a small square toll house is attached to the bridge on the downstream side. It consists of a basement and a room at road level, with a pyramidal asbestos slate roof. Both the bridge and the toll house are Grade-II listed.[1] It is thought that a local firm of builders called Ralph and Crowdy were responsible for its construction. There is a separate arch in the south causeway, through which the towpath passes, and both parapets carry a central panel with a line on it, to mark the county border[2] between Berkshire and Gloucestershire.
A local micro-brewery based in Lechlade, The Halfpenny Brewery, is named after the bridge.
See also
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Halfpenny Bridge) |
- ↑ National Heritage List 1303058: Lechlade Halfpenny Bridge (north)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1023393: Lechlade Halfpenny Bridge (south)
| Bridges and crossings on the River Thames | ||||||
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| Castle Eaton Bridge | Hannington Bridge | Footbridge | Halfpenny Bridge | St John's Bridge | Bloomers Hole Footbridge | Buscot Lock |