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|picture caption= Wallingford Bridge from downstream<br />
|crosses=[[River Thames]]<br />
|design= arch<br />
|material= stone<br />
|spans= 22<br />
|length=900 ft<br />
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'''Wallingford Bridge''' is a mediƦval road bridge over the [[River Thames]] which connects [[Wallingford]], [[Berkshire]] and [[Crowmarsh Gifford]], [[Oxfordshire]]. The county border follows a ditch to the east of the present course of the Thames, placing the bridge entirely within Berkshire. It crosses the river on the reach between [[Cleeve Lock]] and [[Benson Lock]]. The bridge is 900 feet long and has 22 arches but most traffic now crosses [[Winterbrook Bridge]], built as part of the by-pass to the south of the town in 1993.<br />
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==History==<br />
The first reference to a bridge across the Thames between Wallingford and Crowmarsh Gifford is from 1141, when King Stephen besieged [[Wallingford Castle]]. The first stone bridge is credited to Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, and four remaining arches are believed to contain 13th-century elements. Major repairs used stone from the dissolved [[Wallingford Priory|Holy Trinity Priory]] in 1530. Four arches were removed so a drawbridge could be inserted during the siege of the castle in the Civil War of 1646, and these were replaced with timber structures until repair in 1751. Following a flood, three arches were rebuilt by Richard Clarke from 1810-1812 to a design by John Treacher (1760-1836) developed in 1809, and a parapet and balustrade added.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs |author= Thacker, Fred. S. |authorlink= |coauthor= |location= Newton Abbot |publisher= David and Charles |origyear=1920 |year=1968 |isbn= |page=not cited }}</ref><br />
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==Bench marks==<br />
There are three [[Ordnance Survey]] bench marks on the bridge. A cut mark over the centre of the river on the south parapet,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm21461|title=Cut Mark: Wallingford Bridge, South Parapet|accessdate=9 December 2016}}</ref> another cut mark near the east end of the bridge on the north parapet<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm21742|title=Cut Mark: Wallingford Bridge, North Parapet|accessdate=9 December 2016}}</ref> and a flush bracket numbered 11 used during the second geodetic levelling of England and Wales close to the river bank on the south side of the bridge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm1|title=Flush Bracket OSBM 11: Wallingford Bridge|accessdate=9 December 2016}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Crossings of the River Thames]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Outside links==<br />
* [http://sites.google.com/site/wallingfordhistorygateway/ Wallingford History Gateway]<br />
* [http://thames.me.uk/s01330.htm Where Thames Smooth Waters Glide: Images of Wallingford Bridge]<br />
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[[Category:Bridges across the River Thames]]</div>Owain