Monument record 0803600000 - N of Maidenhead Bridge

Summary

Possible site of earlier bridge over River Thames at Maidenhead

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Possible site of Medieval timber bridge over River Thames

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  • BRIDGE (13th Century to 18th Century - 1200 AD? to 1799 AD?)

Description

Possible earlier alignment of bridge, about 20m to north of present bridge, suggested by 1st edition OS map (B1).
However F S Thaker makes reference to a medieval/post-medieval timber bridge situated 5 -10m downstream of the modern bridge. The earliest historical reference to the bridge is 1297. It was replaced by a stone bridge in 1776. [Detailed history] (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC20549 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1882. 1882 1st edition OS 6-inch map (County Series: Bucks sheet 52). 1:10560.
  • <2>SBC15055 Bibliographic reference: F S Thaker. 1920. The Thames Highway. 2 Volumes. Vol 2, pp329-334.

Location

Grid reference SU 9018 8138 (point)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Mar 27 2018 4:35PM

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