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Book SynopsisBridges have always played an important role on the social and economic history of human development, and Buckinghamshire has a great wealth of them. Trade systems and road networks must solve the challenges of geography’s waterways, and bridges, causeways, fords, and flood systems were necessarily a key aspect of the experience of historical travel. Bridges and river crossings anchored the Buckinghamshire road network in the landscape, and once established it proved remarkably durable.
Settlements, villages, and eventually cities have traditionally sprung up at bridgeheads or where a river could be crossed at any time of the year. Some examples in Buckinghamshire are Newport Pagnell, Buckingham, and Cookham. The most ancient, vital, and interesting architectural structures linked to use of these crossings are bridges, and people hold a deep fascination for them. There are literally thousands of bridges in Buckinghamshire, varying vastly in size, style, and materials. Many are stone, a few are wooden, and there
are numerous brick and more modern steel and concrete constructions.
The bridges featured in this book are more than 100 years old, mostly lie on public roads or rights-of way, are publicly accessible, and have a significant proportion of the original bridge intact. Through colour photographs, stories, and historical facts, this book looks at the wonderful historic bridges that make up the chronology of Buckinghamshire.
Trade ReviewThis lavishly illustrated book provides a catalogue of 58 bridges in the historic county of Buckinghamshire: 32 in the centre and north of the county and 26 in the south. … The author has gone to considerable lengths to find obscure bridges on footpaths (no.14 on the edge of Buckingham) or scarcely visible beneath minor roads (no.1 at Castlethorpe). The book was clearly a labour of love, and it would make a good present for anyone interested in Buckinghamshire. * The Local Historian *
...a very beautiful publication and the presentation of information is superb. Quite apart from the impressive and delightful box elements, I particularly appreciated the really useful statistics, tabulated adjacent to the prose, and also the way he has incorporated information about the surrounding town and landscape, for each bridge. The insets about the engineer were also novel- and most interesting. * Scotland's Oldest Bridges *
Table of ContentsIntroduction Criteria for Inclusion About the County of Buckinghamshire Bridge Locations in Buckinghamshire Basic Components of a Bridge Rivers in Buckinghamshire Bridge Types Based on Superstructure Construction Bridge Types Based on Span Listed Bridges and Structures Scheduled Monuments National Grid Reference Numbers Alphabetical Bridge Listing
NORTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE BRIDGES River Tove Castlethorpe Station Road Bridge
River Great Ouse Turvey Bridge – FEATURE BRIDGE Olney Bridge Goosey Bridge Tyringham Bridge – FEATURE BRIDGE Little Linford Lane Bridge Sherington Road Bridge North Bridge – Newport Pagnell Leckhampstead Bridge Water Stratford Road Bridge Radclive-cum-Chackmore Bridge Old Stratford Bridge – FEATURE BRIDGE London Road Bridge – Buckingham Old Farm Bridge Lord’s Bridge Cosgrove Iron Trunk Aqueduct
River Ouzel Tickford Iron Bridge – FEATURE BRIDGE
Stowe Landscape Gardens Palladian Bridge Oxford Bridge Shell Bridge
River Thame Holman’s Bridge Eythrope Park Bridge Wotton Underwood Bridge Bridgeway Bridge – Cuddington Hartwell House Bridge Thame Bridge Ickford Bridge / Whirlpool Arch Bridge
Padbury Brook Thornborough Bridge – FEATURE BRIDGE Oxlane Bridge Claydon House Bridge Three Bridges Mill Shipton Brook Bridge
MID-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE BRIDGES River Chess Chesham Town Bridge Bois Moor Road Bridge Stoney Lane Bridge Chenies Hill Bridge Chenies Place Woodside
River Misbourne Missenden Abbey Bridges Highmore Cottages Bridge Mill Lane Bridge Priory Bridge Village Road Bridge Old Bridge at Denham Place Old Mill Road Bridge
SOUTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE BRIDGES River Wye West Wycombe Park Bridges Pepperpots Bridge Queen Victoria Bridge Pann Mill Bridge Windsor Hill Bridge
Hughenden Stream Hughenden Manor Bridge
Colne Brook Iver Bridge
River Colne Iver Lane Bridge Thorney Mill Road Bridge
Frays River Rockingham Road Bridge
Stoke Park Repton Bridge – FEATURE BRIDGE
River Thames Cookham Bridge – FEATURE BRIDGE Maidenhead Bridge – FEATURE BRIDGE Marlow Bridge – FEATURE BRIDGE Bridge Glossary Bibliography Acknowledgements
