Bradford Bridge
bridge in Bradford-on-Tone, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
Bradford Bridge in Bradford on Tone in the English county of Somerset carries a road over the River Tone. It was built at some point between the 13th and 15th centuries and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building and scheduled as an ancient monument.
By 1667 it had been adopted as a "County Bridge". A marker stone was installed to show the area on either side of the bridge which was the responsibility of the local Justices of the Peace. It can still be seen near the White Horse Inn.
The two arch stone bridge was restored in 1698 and again in the late 19th century.
In 2000 a lorry went through the parapet of the bridge.
The public source identifies “Bradford Bridge” as bridge in Bradford-on-Tone, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Bradford, Bridge and bridge.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 26, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q17555332. Authority coordinates are 51.000, -3.181. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1667, 1698 and 2000.
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This entry incorporates text from “Bradford Bridge” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.