Thornborough Bridge
| Thornborough Bridge | |
| Buckinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 View from the south | |
| Location | |
| Carrying: | Pedestrians (from 1974) A421 road (pre-1974) |
| Crossing: | Padbury Brook, tributary of River Great Ouse |
| Location | |
| Location: | 51°59’33"N, 0°56’22"W |
| Structure | |
| Length: | 100 feet |
| No. of spans: | 6 |
| History | |
| Built c. 1400 | |
| Information | |
Thornborough Bridge is located on the original Bletchley and Buckingham road in Buckinghamshire, now bypassed by a modern bridge in 1974 for the A421. The bridge is accessible to walkers from an adjacent lay-by.
The bridge straddles the parish boundaries of Thornborough and Buckingham (the parish boundary follows the line of Padbury Brook or The Twins, a tributary of the River Great Ouse), and dates from the end of the 14th century[1][2] and is the only surviving mediæval bridge in Buckinghamshire. The parish division is marked by a boundary stone in the middle of the bridge.[3]
The stone bridge is around 100 feet long and 12 feet wide, and spans the river by six low arches,[4] with three refuges formed within the parapet on the south side.
The bridge is Grade-I listed.[5]
References
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- ↑ "Thornborough Bridge, Buckingham". http://transportheritage.com/find-heritage-locations.html?sobi2Task=sobi2Details&sobi2Id=438. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ Aylesbury Vale Council information board on-site "dates to 1400"
- ↑ "Thornborough". 1927. pp. 237–242. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol4/pp237-242. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ "Plate 71: Thornborough and Buckingham, Thornborough Bridge". 1913. p. 71. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/bucks/vol2/plate-71. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ "Thornborough Bridge, Buckingham". http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-407713-thornborough-bridge-buckingham-buckingha. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
